How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms: A Surefire Case Interview Method - 2nd Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615279899 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tim Darling is a manager at a top consulting firm
"Very good literature for getting started in consulting" according to thorwaler. Coming from math school, business cases were a bit intimidating andunfamiliar to me. Nevertheless, I wanted to get into management consulting. Darling's book really helped me understanding the whole process of case interviews better. However, practising case interviews online at Preplounge.com was just as important in my preparation. Well, something must have worked because I landed a job offer from Bain and Company. I can really speak for those coming from a math or any other background th. A solid book on "30-minute problem solving" Scott1981 The obvious comparison to this book is Marc Cosentino's Case In Point, which has been a best-seller in case interview preparation for many years. So perhaps the most obvious place to start a review is to say how this book differs from that.The focus of Darling's book is on problem solving and how to get your hands dirty with a problem for 15 minutes, then to come up again for air and communicate a coherent, polished recommendation based on it. The problem-solving tips he suggest are simplif. Less than I expected This book is only 150-or-so pages, and it was almost more like a booklet or workbook. I expected a bit more for $30.The author does present a good method for attacking case interviews. I was hoping there would be more information about behavioral interviews - there were only 2 pages covering that.The book is spattered with typos and spelling errors, which I found distracting and a little annoying. It seems like it's still a work in progress.All in all, I thought the book was a little overpr
- "What are the main drivers in determining the price of a new medical device?" - "Should a beverage company acquire another producer?" - "How should a manufacturer respond after a competitor introduces a breakthrough new product?" While you could memorize answers to the most popular case interview questions, what happens when you encounter an issue that's outside of their reach? In How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms, management consultant Tim Darling offers a holistic approach for solving problems in 30 minutes or less. This second edition contains over 50% revised and additional content.. 13 interactive cases are included with detailed data, charts, and solutions. By showing how to break an issue into its core components, he simplifies case interviews by illuminating them from the perspective of the consulting firms
About the Author Tim Darling is a manager at a top consulting firm