Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2014

” Here is one we got recently from John: A few months ago, I wrote you for advice in regards to resources I could use to prep for interviews in consulting. Leaving the program was a tough decision, but my studies needed more attention and I had interests outside of athletics so it was the right choice.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . As a result of the studies that the small team conducted, the proposition was put forth that Bain establish a non-profit practice area which was considered, but ultimately rejected. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN. Bridgespan Website: www.bridgespan.org.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart. These days, it pays to practice being in “interview mode” so you’re ready for the real thing – whether it’s networking with a neighbor at Starbucks or sitting in the hot seat.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 10, 2009

while you’re studying abroad for an extended period of time in a foreign country? I’ve scoured different databases and social networks and am really beginning to run out of contacts after holding over 35 informational interviews.”. Finance-Specific Networking. What about PhD to MBA to finance?”. Fast-Track Networking.

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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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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

To overcome this obstacle, Pratt set himself to studying the examples available and devising a strategy that would create a cohesive culture across the entire Infosys spectrum. Finance and Controlling Processes. Thankfully though, we don’t have any recordings of their set… INFOSYS CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Corporate Finance Essentials. Well, here is our common suggestion: acquire hard skills, and study corporate finance to do so. In addition, you should also be able to understand most of what you read in the financial press and use the essential financial vocabulary of companies and finance professionals. Khan Academy.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Many former employees go on to programs in business, finance, economics and law. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Now to the section you’ve all been waiting for…the interview process! The second portion of the first round will consist of behavioral questions, and may be with a different interviewer.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 27, 2009

From salaries to travel, from boutiques to MBB, I’ve helped people understand the job, write the perfect resumes , and ace the toughest interviews. Get The Consulting Bible today and be the smartest interviewer in the room. One phrase that everyone encourages you to use but you should never say in an actual interview (pg.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Working anywhere from the strategy related to the business unit to corporate finance and strategy to strategic foresight, A.T. KEARNEY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Sustainability.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2021

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. Consequently, if you want to be well prepared for your case interview, you will probably have to expect 1-2 months of intense preparation, after which it is not yet certain whether you will receive the job offer. On average probably 1-2 months. How should you proceed?

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Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. This week I talked to the two interviewers.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. Surveys & Experimental Studies. ANALYSIS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. They generally conduct their interviews over two rounds. Healthcare Consulting Services. Industries.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

Because of this, we sat down with consulting veteran Lisa Bright (who is now part of the MC interview coaching team!) I majored in accounting, finance and supply chain management at a college in the state (Miami of Ohio). I was going down the route of finance, asset management, investment banking, or something like that.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Case Study 78

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

This can make for a very inhuman interview experience, but that is what the world is tending towards, so better get yourself acquainted with these technological advances. If you continued to impress in step two, you’ll secure yourself an interview with a real human! Just google STAR interview questions to find countless examples.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Investment bankers work on behalf of both individual and institutional clients to raise capital by issuing securities, as well as to advise clients on financial matters such as mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate finance activities. How would you value a company with negative historical cash flow?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

” In a two-part study, we observed that venture capitalists adopt markedly different stereotypical notions of female and male entrepreneurs during their decision-making processes. Before presenting our study, some context is helpful. This is one of the most common beliefs among the VCs we studied.

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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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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Final thoughts.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 3, 2016

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

After conducting a qualitative study of 31 women in predominantly masculine industries, we also saw that sexual harassment continues to be a problem for women. Although our study focused on the effects of attractiveness and not explicitly on sexual harassment, 75% of the women we interviewed mentioned they had been sexually harassed at work.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2010

Apparently there was a study that the Chronicle of Philanthropy put out a month ago about sexual harassment of fundraisers; it's apparently pretty common. Personally, I love interviews like that, but I find more and more organizations that have been scared by lawyers into only asking standard, dry, job-duty-and-skill related questions.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

In undergrad I went to Warwick University to study economics, and I went to the London School of Economics for my postgrad. Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting. When you actually began the interviews, what did you discover?

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

It also created an academic windfall: the opportunity to study the real financial impact of offshore vehicles. How did you study the impact of the data leak? What it might reflect is that they may be punished for avoiding sanctions or even financing corruption through offshore vehicles. So it’s an open question.

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Marketing Data Finance Case Interview 117

Tom Spencer

JUNE 17, 2013

The number of consultants hired for public sector projects has been steadily increasing ever since, spiking to new heights over the past few years in response to the tumultuous state of public sector finances. Currently, the City of Philadelphia is still massively short of funds a year after the study concluded. Case Interviews.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview. Once you have laid out your framework, your interviewer will typically make you focus on a specific area of the framework for the rest of the case. What’s the acquisition rationale?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

But a recent study by EY found a more complicated picture: Sixty percent of millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — were not involved in the gig economy at all, and only 24% report earning money from the gig economy. . Quinn Mills, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, in an interview.

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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. Why the difference? ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either.

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Chemicals Retail Case Interview Turnaround 127

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own savings account. In one study , women who were reminded of their gender before taking a math test scored lower than equally qualified men who took the same test.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. In all, we engaged more than 500 employees from around the world for feedback on our culture through focus groups, interviews, workshops and anonymous ideation sessions. What values drove them? What made them proud?

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Dropping these terms in interviews can be good, but only as a Master’s student, and only when appropriately practical. Her biggest hangup in case interviews was “de-jargonizing” her language and really understanding the fundamentals of business which an Econ degree had not taught her.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 11, 2021

This can range from health to career/finance to how you organize your living space. Research is also essential when going into job interviews. Doing some research on who will be interviewing you can also significantly boost your chances of getting hired. Dream as big as possible and don’t skip on the details. Happy job hunting!

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. We conducted a study in 2010 at the Dutch subsidiary of an international financial consulting firm with over 3,500 employees. Hayon Thapaliya for HBR. She sometimes also works on weekends. What our research shows. 763 employees completed both.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

But, you also need to study for the GMAT, leave your current job, and possibly relocate to a new state. When you are doing your research make sure to check out the cost, length of study, and curriculum. During your MBA you will be engaging in a lot of extracurricular activities, informational interviews, and meetings.

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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 focused my studies to help me effectively develop mental models and frameworks. I was tense. My confidence was dwindling.

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