Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. How is recruiting done at your school? Jeff : There are many advantages of campus recruiting at a target school.

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Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview Consulting 78

Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

Generally, weekly meetings with your manager are available and the atmosphere is collegial; many current and ex-employees reference how smart and friendly the people are that they have worked with at Archstone Consulting. ARCHSTONE CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. “, “ What is your biggest regret? Social Media.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. KEARNEY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. The interview process at A.T. However, as a general rule, there are two rounds of interviews. Firm hires 2,000th employee.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

Welcome back to the data driven recruiting series! Please refer to the first article in this series for the first five findings and more details on the data sources and methodology behind the analysis. Finding #6 – Invite-Only Events Are Highly Indicative of Interview Invite Odds. Now, time for the insights!

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Recruiting Recruitment Data Interviews 68

Management Consulted

JANUARY 29, 2009

Now on to the interview! While for internship (which is recruited every summer), we’re actually hiring MBA candidates who have previous work experience in a certain industry and want to branch into the consulting territories after graduation (pay is comparable to senior analysts). What is the recruiting process like in China?

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2009

Incrementally build the relationship through multiple communications, and have them refer you to others - thereby warming the start of that new relationship! Always speak to bankers/consultants , not recruiters, to get things done. Click here for more on recession recruiting. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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How To Recruiting Recruitment Resumes 158

LSA Global

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Employee Engagement refers to the emotional commitment employees have toward their organization, its leaders, and its goals. Employee Experience encompasses the entirety of an employees journey with the organization from recruitment, to interviews , to new employee orientation all the way to exit interviews and offboarding.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 13, 2019

“Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. A common trademark in the consulting recruitment process is the case study interview. Public speaking is another useful skill, and one to start practising well before the recruitment process even begins.

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Case Interview Interviews Boston Consulting Group Case Study 68

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

So, a few minutes into your case interview, the recruiter slides a chart across the table and asks what you can tell from that particular exhibit. Hence, I would like to share some best practices for tackling these charts during a case interview. Not practicing basic case interview mathematics. Knowing the exhibit.

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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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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2022

When we work on clients’ recruitment processes, we strive to create a team of "A players'' for our clients to scale and optimize their business. Recruitment Process A good recruitment process can help cut time in the searching, interviewing, hiring and training process.

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Recruiting Recruitment How To Advertising 52

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Job interviews typically begin with a set of seemingly innocuous questions unrelated to the job: How is your day going? It is commonly assumed that job candidates and interviewers both prefer to start with these types of questions rather than just diving into the more rigid and formal structured interview topics.

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Interviews Case Interview Comparison Research 70

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 17, 2021

Not all schools have a consulting club, extensive alumni networks in consulting firms, or recruiters that come to their campus looking for top applicants. This networking – more like informational interviewing – is critical and serves a few key purposes as you are preparing and applying for jobs. You might get a referral.

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Recruitment Recruiting Consulting Interviews 68

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. Many of those are from folks who were referred to us by prior clients.

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview McKinsey 133

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

Further, while employee referrals led to higher median salaries than for candidates who said they “knew about the company and searched for jobs” or applied through an online career website, the highest pay went to candidates who said they came in through a recruiter. Don’t give employee-referred candidates special treatment.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2018

In other words, what employees saw on a careers site or on their company’s social channels, or what they heard from recruiters, was often inconsistent with what they experienced when they joined the company. They can benefit greatly from assessing the distance between their recruitment marketing and the actual employee experience.

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Recruiting Recruitment How To Apparel 135

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. Reference common interests or speak directly to one of the prospect’s professional challenges. Someone you share a contact with?

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Recruitment Recruiting Resumes Conference 139

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Inevitably in any job, internship, or graduate school interview, you will hear these words. 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. Start with just a sentence description for each.

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Case Interview How To Interviews Recruitment 88

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

While you may not directly use the 7 S Model in the consulting case interview, it will give you a deeper understanding of how to examine the inner workings of an organisation, identify strengths and sources of competitive advantage, as well as weaknesses and reasons why an organisation may not be operating effectively. (Source: Flickr ).

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McKinsey Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 60

CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Management Consulting Networking Success Story: I just want to drop you one additional thank you e-mail, as I heavily relied on your preparation sources throughout my interviewing journey (and the corresponding case interview preparation). I interviewed last autumn for a post-MBA/PhD position at the top firms in Germany.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

In case you were wondering, the company’s current trademarked slogan, “We Didn’t Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich,” does indeed refer to their flagship menu-item, the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich. Interview Tips & Tricks. In the interview, Chick-Fil-A takes it to the next level by getting funky.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2021

Later, talking to admissions tutors and interviewers at university, an explanation for this paradox started to crystallize. The keenest applicants generally leave from their interviews with confidence and professional satisfaction, yet often end up disappointed. Do not hesitate to free up some space for this in your CV!

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

” The 500 interviews I conducted for my book showed a pattern: A professional’s insecurity is rooted in the inherent intangibility of knowledge work. Some professionals I have studied refer to their firms as being like a “family,” or something even more intense. On the one hand, this is comforting.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Interview online or through an employee referral (recommended). Interview Tips & Tricks. With such a broad range of operations, we have heard reports of varying experiences in the interview process as well as during typical daily occupation in CHG – some wonderful and some not so much. Prepare for interviews.

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Healthcare Culture Case Interview Interviews 100

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Interview Tips & Tricks. Pixar’s interview process is both light-hearted and challenging. The quickest and easiest way to get an interview at Pixar that leads to an offer is to network through some of their existing employees and get them to refer you. Are you an employer,recruiter, or hiring manager?

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Culture Film Interviews Consulting 113

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2018

From my vantage point at MaRS , the Toronto-based start-up innovation hub, I have the opportunity to meet, interview, and write about some of the remarkable people and discoveries emerging from Canadian institutes and startups. What are technical innovators doing wrong – and how can they fix it?

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Interviews Journal Recruitment Recruiting 134

Killer Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

Great headhunters have great searchers – the people who fill the funnel, do the initial screening, first contact and setting up of the first interview. When I was headhunted for my current job, my first contact with the recruiter actually was of the last category. In general: Treat people well, so that your mum would be proud.

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Recruiting Recruitment Fashion Interviews 40

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When one speaks with business owners, executives, or recruiters, about and during the hiring process, the message has become more pointed post-Thanksgiving from “We’re not sure when we will make our decision” to “We’ll make a decision after the holidays.” References Indeed & Glassdoor. link] Jiang, K., & Messersmith, J.

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Recruitment Recruiting Talent Case Interview 96

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn what skills you need to display in a case interview in order to impress your interviewer. The skills that they are looking for can differ between interview formats,types, and rounds. Topics Covered: Interviewer’s Mindset. How to Prep for Candidate-Led and Interviewer-Led Interviews.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Here area couple of success stories received from readers who used case interview preparation techniques for securing an offer outside of consulting. Success Story: I would like to share my positive experience of a business case interview, thanks to your website! Thank you once again for the great work you are doing!

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Cover Letters 45

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development. This situation soon necessitated a creative approach to recruiting, hiring, and training. Recruiting. Interviewing and Hiring. Talent matters.

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Sales Case Interview Recruitment Recruiting 71

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

” The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring, and training and development. This situation soon necessitated a creative approach to recruiting, hiring, and training. Recruiting. Interviewing and Hiring. Talent matters.

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Sales Case Interview Recruitment Recruiting 71

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Looking back, that experience significantly shaped my successful recruiting strategy and confirmed my desire to enter the consulting industry. I am referring to volunteer consulting programs formally organized via a graduate program. Volunteer consulting does not refer to project-oriented classes or case competitions.

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Consulting Recruitment Recruiting Case Interview 74

Tom Spencer

JULY 27, 2019

That being said, I know plenty of non-MBAs who have received offers from prestigious consulting firms, and so I thought it would be helpful to share some strategies that you can follow at each step of the recruitment process to increase your chance of getting an offer. Step 2: Getting an Interview. Referral by a consultant at the firm.

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews Recruiting 60

Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Cross-Cultural Strategy #2: Recruit for Intercultural Competence Talent acquisition is a critical process for any leader and business. Cross-Cultural Strategy #4: Employee Retention Interviews Most organizations conduct exit interviews, but employee retention interviews are proactive instead of reactive.

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Culture Leadership Agile How To 69

Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. After five or so interviews, the hiring manager stated that they wanted a “digital native.” The interview ended. I interviewed with several members of the team, including the parent of one of the executives.

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Handbook Case Interview Education Training 98

Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

Another time, an interviewer and I talked about Norman Doors near the office and that made the conversation much more memorable for both of us (Norman Doors are poorly designed doors that fail to convey whether the door requires a push or a pull action to open). The best-case scenario is to receive an invitation for an interview.

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Case Interview Emotional Intelligence Interviews Resumes 88