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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

There are many steps to take in preparing to apply and interview for a consulting position. If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Rather, it can encompass the entire interview.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 2)

Management Consulted

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And I think I have the gist of getting a case down, as well as understanding those details.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. The 2 Smartest Case Study Techniques. Start your own business. . Other MC Posts.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Washington Business Journal Fastest Growing Companies in DC Region—2013. Finalist, Washington Business Journal, Business Philanthropy Awards—2013, 2012, 2009. Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards, Overall Excellence for Broadband Media (web only)— California Healthline , 2013. These interviews are usually held in the office.

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Options for Post Consulting Careers

CaseInterview.com

In any case, I have a question for you regarding Consulting vs. industry. In which case, it's a human resources issue. In this case, the issue is a client service’s incorrect decision type problem. He found that McKinsey on the resume was a liability. It was interesting and very concise. Published four business books.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. It was one of the first studies conducted on the newer, lightweight snowshoes and was cited in over 100 lay journals.

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Research: The Upsides of Disclosing Your Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Parental Status at Work

Harvard Business

In one experimental field study (currently under review at an academic journal), student experimenters sought to apply for job openings in retail stores. Lastly, our team conducted a meta-analysis (also still under review at an academic journal) that analyzed 65 unique studies in which outcomes of identity management strategies were examined.