freshminds

JUNE 26, 2017

The recruiter said it would just be a chat about your experience and your personality? You’ve already had three interviews and two assessment centres; this new interview will just be a walk in the park? Well, let me tell you; never ever think that it’s in the bag! How competent are they? 2) Know your body language.

Case Interview 44

Case Interview Interviews How To Film 44

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Meeting people early before you are polished will end up burning a lot of bridges. For example, after a very disorganized meeting the consultant will come back and skewer the coffee chat, recommending everyone else in the firm not to meet with this person. Offer to Buy Coffee in an Informational Interview.

Recruiting 60

Recruiting Recruitment Resumes Consulting 60

CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I interviewed last autumn for a post-MBA/PhD position at the top firms in Germany.

Bain 75

Bain McKinsey Cover Letters Case Interview 75

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Case interviews are synonymous with consulting recruitment and are characterised by unfamiliar problems. How then can you ace the interview confidently when it’s your first encounter with a particular business case scenario? Practise more cases. Interview with multiple firms. What is Confidence?

Consulting 97

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Industry 97

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I probably put in over 100 hours preparing , and only about 80 of those were for the case, I believe those additional 20 hours of prep for the experience portions helped put me over the top when competing with other candidates from more target schools. Basically, to get interviews, network, network and then network some more.

McKinsey 64

McKinsey Case Interview Interviews Oliver Wyman 64

CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Your materials have been helpful in many different ways, from the psychologic preparation to the technical approach to solving the case. In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. Live, written, creating cases for yourself.

Interviews 40

Interviews Case Interview McKinsey Recruiting 40

Management Consulted

JULY 1, 2012

Before we get started, check out our core post on networking the “normal way” – at info sessions and through target school types of recruiting opportunities. You want to find a way to meet Lou – you want him in your asset file. You’ll use your asset file to gain access to recruiters, consultants, etc.

Consulting 179

Consulting Bain Recruiting Recruitment 179

Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. It’s almost July, and we’ve got big plans – MBA meet-and-greets and a 1-month consulting immersion course in South Africa. While the case interview is the great equalizer, the fit interview is the great differentiator.

Interviews 100

Interviews Case Interview Consulting Oliver Wyman 100

Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. An example of one of his first questions was, “Are Federal expenditures for relief and recovery too great, too little, or about right?” Meet Gallup Press – yet another branch of an already rapidly growing information empire. Bilingual Outbound Interviewer.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 181

Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

However, one observation that I have made as both a potential hire looking for a job and as a consultant guiding others is that oftentimes, we are not prepared for an encounter or a meeting that might make all the difference in our careers. For example, I often talk about my music background and many people remember that about me.

Case Interview 88

Case Interview Emotional Intelligence Interviews Resumes 88

Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2017

Nothing tells you more about a firm than meeting the people who work there – the notion of a ‘company culture’ may sound like a cliché at first, but it genuinely provides insight. Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates.

Cover Letters 60

Cover Letters Case Study Case Studies Case Interview 60

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn what skills you need to display in a case interview in order to impress your interviewer. The skills that they are looking for can differ between interview formats,types, and rounds. Topics Covered: Interviewer’s Mindset. How to Prep for Candidate-Led and Interviewer-Led Interviews.

Interviews 53

Interviews Case Interview Video Consulting 53

Management Consulted

AUGUST 27, 2012

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. Follow our tips to ensure your resume makes it into the interview pile, not the trash. Instead, ask the person for an informational interview.

Resumes 138

Resumes Cover Letters Consulting Recruiting 138

Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Alex Formstone is a Principal in Marakon ’s London office, and heads up recruiting in the UK for graduates and MBAs. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Alex about his career, Marakon and its recruitment process. Tom: I assume that Marakon uses the case interview as part of its recruitment process?

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? You’ll typically receive a rejection call after the interview. Example questions to ask are: “Mark – thanks for the call.

Resumes 147

Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

After flying out to Bangalore to pitch their idea, Pratt and Joshi were surprised to be given a meeting with the whole board of directors and went on to explain that their GDM would allow Infosys to undercut its competitors. Thankfully though, we don’t have any recordings of their set… INFOSYS CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: How long has the APM program been around? If this is tough, ask the recruiter to set up chats with multiple potential managers. If the recruiter is willing to set up chats with multiple people, that’s generally a good sign.

Productivity 60

Productivity How To Recruiting Recruitment 60

Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

A new research study I led at CTI uncovers, through a nationally representative survey of 3,212 individuals with STEM credentials, and through dozens of additional interviews and focus group conversations, the differentiators of success for women in STEM. We find that about 1/5 of women currently employed in STEM meet that bar.

Case Interview 52

Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 52

Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2015

You are likely to visit clients for client meetings and workshops. Tom: Does IMS Consulting Group use the case interview as part of its recruitment process? How many interview rounds are there? Steph: We have one competency interview and two case interviews at the assessment centre.

Groups 60

Groups Consulting Case Interview Interviews 60

Tom Spencer

JUNE 14, 2015

For example, we could have a consultant from another office working in New York for a one month or two month stay if they are assigned to a large project focused there. They wouldn’t be leading a meeting but they would be sitting in on it and getting exposure, allowing them to see their individual impact on the larger goal of the project.

Groups 60

Groups Case Interview Interviews Industry 60

Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

In most corporate structures, today, recruitment for a position generally means starting with a formal list of tasks — the standardized job description — and hiring someone who can make a convincing case that they would perform each one. Everything is geared, just for us. Then we have job descriptions.

Case Interview 36

Case Interview Exercises Recruiting Recruitment 36

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

At other firms, they often go to the client for meetings, to conduct interviews, gather data, etc. For example, project ABC03 could be the first project with the CEO of EMEA. And finally, how good are you at recruiting clients to do the work for you? I recruited four clients to do the analysis for me.

Management 75

Management Consulting McKinsey How To 75

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

For example, at a smaller firm, people may engage with each other more frequently and that proximity can make the impact of any harassment feel disproportionately large. And the legal and punitive costs of sexual harassment cases can feel steeper to a firm with less money and fewer resources.

Company 46

Company Small Business Policies Case Interview 46

Management Consulted

MAY 4, 2014

We recently had the opportunity to interview Jason, a student at NYU Stern who landed a summer internship with Deloitte Consulting S&O. It was a lot of professional development on a broad level, which meant how to network properly and preparing for interviews. Jenny Rae: Thanks for joining us today. Jason: Right.

Deloitte 158

Deloitte Case Interview Consulting Interviews 158

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

It’s their largest portfolio investment ever, and one of the things I did for them was to develop their MBA recruiting strategy, and their MBA internship program. For example, I have one returnee who has a background in advertising, but she really wants to get more into operations. Does she go through interviews?

Case Interview 100

Case Interview Company Interviews Consulting 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Consider the cautionary example of a large bank I recently worked with. To prove this, ING made every employee at its headquarters (nearly 3,500 people) re-interview for their job. While visiting these teams, talk to them.

Agile 28

Agile Software Case Interview Video 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective. of revenues).

Methodologies 28

Methodologies How To Case Study Case Studies 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

The date will depend on the employee’s level of contribution and where we are in recruiting a replacement. Employees of course have to be allowed to leave the office during work hours for interviews or other search-related activities, but I ask that they minimize these absences and keep them brief to avoid raising questions.

Case Interview 45

Case Interview Resumes Management Company 45

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

The human resources department, which conducted daily exit interviews with staff leaving the hotel, was concerned that negative comments about working conditions would make finding new talent difficult. For example, when hiring slowed, the unfilled positions placed a strain on operations. The first is orientation.

Operations 31

Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 31

Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

We love being in the trenches with our clients, a case with every professional services firm. I think their recruiters love that because it’s an annuity for them. Many consulting firms spend time writing about their methodologies or writing about their own case studies to self-promote. That’s been okay. Desperation.

Development 190

Development Consulting How To Case Interview 190

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

More important than memorizing the main case frameworks is the ability to take your hypothesis and build an issue tree (or customize a standard framework) that will test your hypothesis in this specific case. Using Issue Tree’s in a Case Interview. Your Hypothesis. The MECE Test. Basically, everything they can think of.

Case Interview 59

Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Sales 59

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. One common example of this is the 80/20 rule, which states that “80% of the outcomes come from 20% of the inputs.” Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D.,

Consulting 88

Consulting Engineering Case Interview Course 88

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

CEOs routinely tell me that their teams “get the business case, they just need to understand how to change,” but our anonymous interviews with their colleagues quickly call this assumption into question. Do you have a recruitment, retention, or promotion issue? Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Know your numbers.

Company 28

Company Talent Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. In a recent interview, Benko discussed AT&T’s efforts and offered advice for HR leaders and individual managers on how today’s workforce can avoid obsolescence.

Company 28

Company Talent Deloitte Development 28

Tom Spencer

JULY 18, 2021

While you can talk with recruiters or alumni from your school about potential employment opportunities out there, you have no real way of knowing how it will feel to utilize your degree without actually working. Simply the process of applying to internships puts your resume on the desks of recruiters. Find Career Mentors.

Engineering 88

Engineering Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 88

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I first came across your materials [ last year ] as I was about to undergo undergraduate internship recruiting at [ U.S. While that has been a great experience, I ultimately found my greatest training and instruction in how to prepare for case interviews from your website and materials. University ]. city ] office.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Bain 40

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Question: I would like to do three things: a) Express my appreciation and gratitude for your resources and help, b) Describe the interview format I encountered at McKinsey to help prepare other applicants, c) Ask you about your professional opinion on two competing offers (McKinsey vs. Google). --. a) Thanking you. Google vs. MckinseyOffers.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Resources 40