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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions)

Welcome back to the last in our series on breaking down case interview frameworks. You've almost made it to the end of our series! By the end of this article, you'll be well on your way to applying the mergers & acquisitions framework and becoming an M&A case framework master. Missed out on Parts 1-3?…

Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Uber. Uber is a San Francisco-based start-up that has been turning heads since its launch in 2009, "bringing people and their cities closer." The first example that comes to mind when you think of the new sharing economy, Uber has fashioned itself as a quicker, cheaper…

Market Study: Case Interview Frameworks

To continue our series on case interview frameworks, we bring you our personal favorite – and the most versatile – the Market Study case interview framework. This is the third article in our series on Frameworks! In the first article of the series, we gave you a brief introduction to frameworks before exploring Market Sizing…

Simon-Kucher & Partners

  Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global consulting firm based in Bonn, Germany. The firm has more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. With almost 4 decades in monetization…

Business Book Review: Beyond the E-Myth

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Beyond the E-Myth releases December 7, 2016, so make sure to…

Infosys Consulting Interviews & Culture

Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. The firm supports clients across 50 countries with a massive employee base of almost 135,000 people. Firm Profile Overview (click to jump to section): Key Stats…

Job Hub: Salesforce Jobs and Culture

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Salesforce. Salesforce is a 15 year old SaaS cloud computing applications company that currently holds the top spot aboard Forbes' list of the 100 Most Innovative Companies and exceeds $6B per year in revenue. With a mission to end software, Salesforce is the lead wave in…

MC meets MC – Management Consulted meets Marc Cosentino

A few months ago, we had the pleasure of interviewing Marc Cosentino at his Santa Barbara home. For those of you who aren't familiar with Marc, he's pretty much the Godfather when it comes to case interviews. As a kid, he wanted to be the U.S. ambassador to Jamaica, but after going to college he moved…

ZS Associates

Welcome back! Today's expose is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the U.S.) - a premier boutique firm focused on salesforce and marketing optimization. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for? Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. Zoltners and Prabhakant Sinha (the Z and the S), the…

The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we receive dozens of emails per month from undergrads - and even high schoolers - asking us what they should major in and which majors are deal-breakers if they want to break into consulting. Understanding the majors that are the top feeders into consulting can help you…