Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. Marc Consentino in his book Case In Point suggests the following possible actions for a company turnaround. Case Interviews Management Consulting'

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 22, 2019

Below is a success story I recently received from a CaseInterview.com student about the success they had using a set case interview practice routine. First, it takes a lot of the thinking out of the administrative aspects of case practice. Initially, not everyone realizes this is an important part of the interview to practice.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 29, 2019

Being insightful in a case interview is an important skill, especially as you get in more competitive environments (like a final round interview). The problem is your resellers are over promising what the product can do, and in comparison, your product is under-delivering. and then just move on with the rest of the case.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Can you talk a bit about the support network at the Consulting Society and how they prepared you for consulting interviews? When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover? When I first started doing interviews, I’d get nervous and make the answer a lot more complicated than then really needed to be. Peter: Sure.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Organizations are increasingly favoring algorithms in an effort to make organizational decision making and judgment more rigorous, be it for setting prices or for selecting candidates to interview for a job. But clearly humans should be empowered to overrule algorithms in some cases, right?

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 12, 2019

Here's my comparison of consulting in a Big 4 Accounting firm and at BCG (note from Victor while this readers experience is specific to BCG it can. Big 4, it's all about working with middle managers and possibly doing. Your work is controlled often, and your manager will also make a significant contribution to it. At BCG on the.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

After working with HR to narrow down the list of candidates, she had two finalists, both internal: Molly Ashworth, a brand manager on her team in the cleaning division, and Ed Yu, a rising star from BBI’s beauty division. As the COO made another well-deserved toast to Anne, Aliyah thought back to her interviews with Ed and Molly.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 20, 2019

An MBA degree has long been known as a robust pathway towards accessing management consulting career options. Yet, what about other graduate degrees in comparison to an MBA? Deep alumni networks that can help you score an interview and provide interview preparation. This manifested in two ways.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Especially if your first job is management consulting as you will be presented with many opportunities to jump into industry. My primary career philosophy is to manage my career like an experiment. When making career decisions, I prioritize myself over the interests of my parents, manager, company, or others.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

When I stopped to think about what makes a franchise (the local owner of a big chain) successful, it’s really two things: 1) They follow instructions really well; and 2) They are good at hiring and managing a lot of employees. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 18, 2019

BCG (Boston Consulting Group) potential test is an online test used in the first round of interviews. This test allows BCG to test candidates using the same test giving them a better comparison tool for evaluating candidate performance. Yes, I would like to Subscribe to the Case Secrets Email Newsletter.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves. Let us look at an example as a sort of case study. Thus, there are inherent challenges in funding these types of ventures.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As one sales manager noted, “In this job, if you don’t survive the short term, you don’t need to worry about the long term.” ” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As one sales manager noted, “In this job, if you don’t survive the short term, you don’t need to worry about the long term.” ” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. In comparison, the U.S., In either case, we can all learn from Rakuten’s dual expats, who are a model for present and future global workers.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 29, 2019

Recently I received a question from a CaseInterview.com student about how to prepare for a 2 nd round interview with Monitor Deloitte as well as how to prepare for a group interview (this student was told that their 2 nd round interview would also be in the group format). The big thing to remember is don't be a jerk.

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MishTalk

MAY 8, 2014

Gallup explains " Weekly results reflect 30-day rolling averages ending each Sunday, based on telephone interviews with approximately 30,000 adults. The valid comparison in this case is 6.9% Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 15, 2021

BCG (Boston Consulting Group) potential test is an online test used in the first round of interviews. This test allows BCG to test candidates using the same test giving them a better comparison tool for evaluating candidate performance. Check out our privacy policy for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2017

For example, when deciding which job candidates to interview, a hiring manager may evaluate one candidate’s résumé at a time, form an opinion about it, and then move on to assess the next one. Similarly, an investor may view the details of one mutual fund at a time or visit a mutual fund comparison website.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2017

Our research , appearing in Strategic Management Journal, shows that if people know how much they make relative to others, and if differences in pay can be clearly tied to how their performance stacks up against coworkers’, harmful effects of differences in compensation can be negated.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Always keep in mind WHAT exactly you are trying to solve or find, always do a recap, always ask the interview to explain something once again if you are confused, even slightly. Remember: the math is never complicated during your case interviews , it’s actually easier compared to, say, GMAT. 1) Pay attention to the question.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There is a discrepancy in the price of oranges in these two locations -- in this case a substantial one. In comparison, consulting firms with high caliber consultants who are great at structuring very amorphous business problems have a disproportionate advantage in reducing uncertainty. Here we have a geographically based arbitrage.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

We conducted in-depth interviews with 18 gay and lesbian auditors, and followed up with them over the course of two years. Previous psychology research has shown that in comparison to workers who are not out, employees who are open about their sexuality tend to experience higher job satisfaction and better relationships with their managers.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ]. (Source: Flickr ). It involves examining customers, competition, and the company.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I had my eye on management consulting for some time, so I decided to give it a shot. After talking with the recruiter, I was set up to do a practice case over the phone with an ex-McKinsey consultant. I prepared by reading Case InPoint. I really didn't even understand what interviewer-led was.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As a consultant , your "power" when working with front line employee-type clients comes from your access to senior management, your influence (or perception of influence) over senior management, and your ability to request senior management to exercise their authority to help you accomplish a goal.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. If you have views on on-boarding, shaping, and training young product managers, you can effectively mold these programs to fit your vision.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I received two offers recently and have also been given offer deadline extensions for them until later this week, which I had requested as a way to "buy" time: 1) to hear back from other firms I interviewed with, and 2) for the final round interview with my top-choice firm this week. some will speed up the process for you.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

I’ve covered tech for 20 years, so I’d interviewed people like Mark Zuckerberg and the Google founders early in their careers. In both cases, these companies were facing incumbent industries that were adept at exerting their influence. It took a while for me to realize that this was a main theme of the book.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 10, 2019

This product management (PM) interview question tests whether you understand product design principles. What is the interviewer looking for? The interviewer is evaluating you on the following: Are you knowledgeable about the principles of good design? Why is one better than the other?”. What is this question about?

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I'm not sure that the comparison of "McKinsey uses only frameworks" and "BCG does custom work" is necessarily true. If you found this post useful, I suggest becoming a registered member (it's free) to get access to the materials I used to pass 60 out of 61 case interviews , land 7 job offers, and end up working at McKinsey.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2015

Asked whether Denmark could ever consider abandoning its currency peg, he said, “ Of course not. ” “The comparison that is made between Denmark and Switzerland I think is somewhat off,” Biltoft said. “ Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

We’re a management consulting firm that focuses on helping organizations across a spectrum of change issues. Sometimes great things can happen very quickly, but in many cases you want to have that mindset for the long-term. You mentioned the comparison of a smaller firm and a larger firm. Good to be here. Click To Tweet.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ An additional $8 million in tax-exempt bond money went to pay legal fees related to the case, records show. That police brutality case?

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. And how do I improve on this aspect of the case? analytical, i.e. structuring of a problem. quantitative.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. Some information is more important than others.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Kearney back to its management team.

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