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Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty. Ada: Because he’s your boss? Elizabeth: He’s not! Just C-suite. And super-smart.

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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Emerging Technology in the Accounting Industry: Instrument not Obstacle

Tom Spencer

This can be seen from their graduate recruitment process. Recruitment screening assessments increasingly ask how candidates, as newly appointed auditors, would use emerging technologies. References. In recent years, the Big 4 accounting firms have placed an increasing emphasis on emerging technology. Image: Unsplash.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Once passing the initial screening, there are 2 to 4 more rounds of interviews that include both fit and case study questions. For the business, research, and consulting positions, The Advisory Board Company asks a mixture of fit and case questions. Spelman College.

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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

You are sitting in a chair facing a recruiter, manager, or professor asking you to share an experience where you displayed a particular emotion, dealt with a problem, or overcame a challenge. Consequently, these types of questions are referred to as “Experiential Questions”. Tell me a about a time when you were overwhelmed.

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Advice on Running a Government Agency Like a Startup, from Someone Who’s Tried It

Harvard Business

Godbout: I have yet to see the case study of massive change management of innovation where a group of people came in and, like a whirlwind, changed everyone’s thoughts and executed the whole thing themselves. How did you recruit techies to take these jobs? This is where you take early adopters who want to make a change.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

“They refer to it as ‘shirking from home’ or ‘working remotely, remotely working. Case Study #1: Propose a pilot and then ace it by being responsive and productive. ” Case Study #2: Present evidence to make your case, and then be flexible and committed to the job.

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