Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2018

As I have been asked by quite a lot of people to share some frameworks, I will use the next 3 posts to walk you through the most frequently used frameworks in the case interview. While you are reading those frameworks and related examples, keep in mind that no framework is the skeleton key to all case interviews.

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Case Interview Study Interviews Marketing 68

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. The VCs stated that, in all cases, they need to evaluate each venture’s financial status.

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Data Real Estate Finance Financial 132

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. Interviewers want to know what you did.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” Formerly MBA & Co, TalMix is based in London, and I get the impression that most of their projects are in the European Union, but that may not be the case. The company claims to have 4,000 professionals in its network, all paid on a 1099 tax basis.

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Talent Finance Consulting Development 150

Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC. In fact, one of our interview coaches, Michael Hecht, used to work for The Seabury Group and now works for Delta Airlines as a member of their Skymiles team.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. Cornerstone Research Revenue : $270M (Privately held). CORNERSTONE RESEARCH HISTORY.

Interviews 100

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

Through historical research and many interviews, we found several ways in which early stumbles in the organic wine market created marketing problems that the industry still struggles to overcome. Whole Foods Market, which by 2010 accounted for over one half of organic food sales in the United States, did little to promote organic wines.

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Chemicals Retail Case Interview Turnaround 133

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

I vividly remember the last consulting interview during first-year MBA recruiting season. I had managed to get interviews with three firms but only made it past the first round with this final company. I’d known for some time that making the transition from sales management to consulting wasn’t going to be easy. I was tense.

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Consulting Case Interview How To Recruitment 88

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

. – has grown to be the largest quick-service chicken restaurant in the United States based on domestic annual sales. Interview Tips & Tricks. You need to be prepared when interviewing with Chick-Fil-A, because the questions that you will receive are both behavioral, like “Why do you want to work for Chick-Fil-A?”

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Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 100

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In case you hadn’t noticed, the benefits are exceptional, and the pay is above-average as well. Interview Tips & Tricks. First off, congratulations – you have passed the online coding test to earn an in-person interview! Expect this interview process to take all day.

Culture 100

Culture Case Interview Interviews Engineering 100

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

For that same staff member, I mentioned earlier, I told him on day #1 as his boss, "Get me $16 million in sales out of North America in the next 12 months. Finance people do not see the sales and marketing implications of their “finance” decisions. Figure it out. Tell me what you want to do and what you need.

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Case Interview How To Interviews Finance 69

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

The sales and marketing director said he was receiving complaints about sloppy service. 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. The first is orientation.

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Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 102

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Business A can be profitable if it grows revenues enough to cover the non-product-related operating costs (such as sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and human resources).

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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. the consulting firm started off like a lot of American startups do – in a small, forgettable warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of town (in this case, in Annapolis, MD).

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Another example could be where one segment may be very sensitive to price and always buy merchandise on sale, whereas the other may value time over savings and typically pay full price.

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Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 1, 2024

What Is the BCG Online Case? The BCG Online Case is an online case interview simulation that assesses a candidate’s problem-solving skills and analytical thinking abilities. It is designed to simulate a real-life client engagement, and consists of a single case study that the candidate must work through.

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Case Interview How To Interviews Data 52

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

If you’re not great at finance, hire someone who is. If you’re not great at sales, find someone who is. If you find case interviews painful, you definitely don’t want to be a consultant. There are two lessons here: 1) As you move up the corporate hierarchy, hire into your weaknesses.

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Case Interview Fashion Comparison Analysis 93

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. Case Interviews. Tel: +852 2868 0014. Applied Value has offices in Stockholm, Shanghai, New York, London, Hong Kong, Detroit, and Boston. Website: www.atkearney.com. Kearney (Hong Kong) Ltd. Seabury Group.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy& Strategy 107

Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2015

The profitability framework is probably the most important framework for solving consulting case questions. If prices are changed, how will this affect sales volume and product perception? Declining sales volume. Market penetration: A strategy to increase sales to existing customers and increase market share.

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Case Interview Operations Sales Analysis 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Sales Effectiveness and Rewards. TOWERS WATSON CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Be prepared for several rounds of interviews, the first of which usually consists of connecting with a recruiter for a phone screen. It may also consist of a group interview.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Due to COVID-19, very few people currently go to shopping malls, so their sales have gone down significantly. From a financial-results standpoint, GameStop sales and earnings have declined dramatically over the years — and especially during the pandemic. Well… in this case, it was not. Wait, how can this be possible?

Retail 105

Retail Case Interview Media Company 105

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

A reader sent me an email asking if there was a pattern or trend to what kind of case problems are given by each firm? So, does BCG give M&A questions while McKinsey gives business cases? My answer is the cases you get are all over the place and there's no pattern that I've ever seen or heard about.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Insurance 40

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

Sales Transformation services consultants focus on improving the performance of a client's sales team and the challenge of maintaining profit margins in a rocky economy and a world of emerging markets. More background on Accenture careers in Sales is just a click away: [link]. Finance and Performance Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Why are Case Studies used? Note that they are not looking for a “right answer”; they are looking for a “right method” Types of case studies. Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below).

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

The Three C’s Framework may prove extremely valuable for consulting case questions. Are there opportunities to bundle or unbundle the product in order to increase sales volume? This can be done by segmenting costs into value chain activities: inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales & marketing, customer service.

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. And what factors helped or hindered advancement in their organization?

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Management Leadership Culture Development 132

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

M&A case framework. Firms typically look at four areas when working on M&A cases. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 60

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy. Let’s start with financing the deal. times Vormetric’s sales.

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Company Finance Advertising Tools 73

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2012

Accenture offers management consulting services covering finance & performance management, talent & organisation performance, strategy, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. Case Interviews. Established in 1989, Accenture has offices in more than 200 cities in 54 countries. Website: www.pwc.com.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy& Strategy 122

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Many consulting, corporate strategy, and corporate development roles require the interviewee to go through an M&A case study. Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. An empowered decision is required.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Case Interview Case Studies Case Study 60

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

Machines can now carry out tasks ranging from recommending movies to diagnosing cancer — independently of, and in many cases better than, humans. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

Strategy 70

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Engineering 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

We came to this conclusion through interviews with CTOs across a range of industries, which we conducted as part of an NSF study to identify factors explaining differences in firms’ RQ. While the identity of the interviewed firms is confidential, it is easy to find similar examples from publicly available accounts in other firms.

Company 73

Company Research Trends Case Interview 73

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Due to COVID-19, very few people currently go to shopping malls, so their sales have gone down significantly. From a financial-results standpoint, GameStop sales and earnings have declined dramatically over the years — and especially during the pandemic. Well… in this case, it was not. Wait, how can this be possible?

Retail 81

Retail Case Interview Media Company 81

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings. The average participant in the first cohort has actually doubled its sales.

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Training Training Banking Balance Sheet 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio) have been increasing with time , at least in the U.S. — think they are more important now.

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Culture Case Interview Study Analysis 70

Rod Burkert

JULY 29, 2020

In case you missed my last post: Why BVFLS pricing is cratering (not for all, but for many). On to this week: Considering I have an MBA with a concentration in Finance, a CPA license, and a CVA designation, I have never felt like I was much of a numbers guy. Incoming leads and prospects are the lifeblood of any practice. 2 – Revenue.

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Case Interview Metrics Finance Education 52

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

years ago my touchpoints with blockchain increased, for example, while writing my master degree thesis on “Possible Applications on Health Data and Health Insurance” I interviewed someone in the health space that was working on a blockchain project for his health data startup. At the time I only associated it with cryptocurrency and banking.

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Case Interview Retail Examples Sales 60