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Consulting 101: Preparing for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case interviews can seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, by taking tangible steps you can be well prepared for your case interviews. In my opinion, a productive place to begin is to watch videos about the case interview. Practice cases. A “casing buddy” can be a roommate, friend, or classmate.

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Case Interview Prep

Tom Spencer

Case questions form the cornerstone of the consulting interview, and reading this blog or reviewing the case prep resources listed below will not be sufficient preparation. Many experts recommend at least 30 mock case interviews with friends, classmates, contacts in the industry and anyone else who is willing to help.

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Wrap Up Post from Issues Management Workshop at #CPRS2014

Melissa Agnes

However, as we saw with the case of Phonedog vs. Kravitz there is risk in allowing employees to tweet from their own accounts, or tweet from accounts that have their name + your organization’s name in the handle. Interview with Taylor Guitars: The Power of Real-Time Communication. Source: Wikipedia). Learn more here.

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The Business Plan Is Alive And Well But It May Not Be What You Think

Steve Shu Consulting

And why shouldn’t that be the case? Business plans can often take the form of workshop sessions and Powerpoint documents as opposed to a traditional textual Word document. The business planning effort can be more organic than written and involve focus groups, customer prospect interviews, etc. intrapreneurship).

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Tour Recap – Day 6 (Harvard)

Management Consulted

If you want a small group setting to accelerate your case interview performance (like, 0-60 in a day) join us next weekend in San Francisco – September 21 for our last 8-hour Consulting Bootcamp in the U.S. One great question that was asked (via index card from the audience): “Is there a right answer in a case interview?”

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Synthesis in Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

What follows is an exchange of emails with a reader regarding synthesis is case interviews. Reader Email 1 of 3: Hi Victor, thanks to the LOMS program, I was able to learn just enough within a short time to pass my first ever case interview with McKinsey. particularly in the last candidate for each case.

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Website or No Website? Answers and Help for Independent Consultants

Successful Independent Consulting

Recently I interviewed Jared Gold, the creator of WebsiteBy Tonight , a service that specifically serves self-employed professionals and solopreneurs. Later, after the initial site is done, add case studies or samples to give visitors a better idea of what you do and how you do it.) It doesn’t have to be that complex.