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Who does the most pure strategy work?
Which firms do the most pure strategy work? As a percentage of their own work, by volume, etc. Thanks.
Gibson Consulting (Chicago) - anyone have any experience or knowledge?
I currently work in operations/supply chain/strategy for a Fortune 500 company in Chicago, and recently I have been recruited heavily for a boutique consulting firm called Gibson Consulting, which I believe specializes in supply chain-focused consulting. Does anyone have any experience researching...
Corporate Development Recruiting
So I have done research on the corpdev recruiting cycle - It seems like there actually isn't one. From what I have seen it is nothing like PE and jobs just pop up whenever they are available (rather than a certain time of year). Because of this, I have a few questions on how to make my way into the...
Evaluating Offers: Management Consulting Internship vs. Corporate / Internal Strategy Internship
Hey all -- need some help evaluating offers & would love your input Offer 1: Management Consulting @
How do I-bankers or consulting firms view UPenn College of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies students
I want to break into either consulting or I-banking. Trying to decide which school is the best fit to break into consulting or I-Banking. Do most firms see PennLPS like Columbia? A lot of my friends from Columbia have broken into investment banking. Just curious.
Interview with in-house strategy team
Hi everyone, I have an upcoming interview with the corporate development and strategy team of Bloomberg. Has anybody interviewed there before? If so, what type of questions do they ask? behavioral? technical finance questions? case study? It would be great if you could share your personal...
Advice needed - Graduate Strategy Gig at global Tech firm
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What's more important? Industry or scope?
Currently in consulting and trying to weigh a few options I have for my next engagement. The dilemma being should I prioritize project scope (e.g. Marketing Strategy, Growth Strategy, etc.) or the industry? As it turns out, with the options I have, these two are mutually exclusive. I can either do a...
Layoffs - need to get out
So it appears that layoffs are imminent at a certain sub-division of a big 4 firm and I want to get out. I'm a manager in financial services so plenty of experience and education. Would love to connect with the group here to see what options are out there for me.
Business strategy role vs FP&A role in high tech companies after consulting?
Dear all, I would like to have your advice on the career prospects of the 2 following job opportunities I have to choose from: One is a strategy role, mostly about leading internal consulting projects and pushing key initiatives One is an FP&A role Both companies are in e-commerce related field;...
EY in the UK
Recruiting for EY Strategy in the UK. Why does there still appear to be two strategy practices, one in TAS (Parthenon) and one in Advisory? If there are two, is there a difference, etc.? Confusing to say the least.
Received offer from another firm - tips on how to have the "leverage" conversation?
Hi All, Hope this post finds you well - I'll try to keep this short and sweet. I work for a big 4 consulting firm, and recently received an offer from a boutique consultancy. In my current firm, I do a lot of operations/outsourcing/shared services work, but have been told on various occasions that I...
Strategy Consulting Exit to Recruiting
I will be starting in strategy consulting this summer. I would ideally like to exit consulting to recruiting when I have a family. Does anybody know about the feasibility of exiting consulting into recruiting? Could that occur within one's consulting firm? Would that require exiting to a different...
S&O Recruiting opportunities outside T20 MBA programs?
Hey all. New to the forum. I am currently a 2016 intake applicant to several MBA programs. Looking to make a career switch into consulting from operations post MBA . My question is about recruiting opportunities at various schools. When I searched the Deloitte recruiters, it looks like S&O MBA...
Better to be at a more prestigious firm or less prestigious but doing strategy work?
Is it better to be at a more prestigious firm (e.g. Deloitte ) or a less prestigious firm but doing strategy work?
Best boutique strategy firms?
What are some of the better boutique strategy firms? Having some trouble filtering boutique down into strategy focused firms. Thanks
Deloitte Business Risk Consultant v. Accenture Strategy Analyst - which to accept
Hello all, I am a senior at a public business school. I would say it is one of the strongest undergraduate targets in the Midwest. Recently, I was offered two positions: one with Deloitte as a Business Risk Consultant and the other at Accenture in their Strategy practice. So I am very conflicted on...
Strategy Help to get into S&O Consulting After Undergrad from Non-Target University
Hello everyone, My name is Steven, and I am currently a 19 year old sophomore attending a fairly typical state university in Oregon. I am just looking for help and advice on how to break into the world of management consulting out of undergrad. After participating in consulting style work (building...
Thoughts on North Highland's new Strategy division
Hello, North Highland has started a new Strategy division early this year. None of their leadership's background is from MBB or Tier 2 firms but they seem accomplished on strategy experience from other firms (few come from Accenture ). They focus on margin optimization, M&A DD and PMI, commercial...
3yr IBMer offered position at Accenture Strategy - Should I take it?
Hi All I've been offered a role at Accenture Strategy and can't decide whether it is the right time to move to a new company. A little about me: - 3 years experience at IBM - Started through the apprenticeship scheme - Promoted Q1 2015 - Now above graduate level I enjoy IBM however I feel it doesn't...
Best IBD Group for Corporate Development Exit Opps?
Which groups in IBD typically have the best exit opps into Corporate Development roles? Do Corporate Strategy / Development groups prefer an analyst from an industry coverage group more than a product group analyst (M&A)? My understanding is that coming from an industry group will give you better...
Hedge Funds’ Returns: An Alternative Investment or An Alternative to Investment? (Part 2: Dealing with Biases)
by Dr Constantin Gurdgiev, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance with Trinity College, Dublin You may find Part 1: Measuring What here , Part 3: Dealing with Funds and Benchmarks Selection here and Part 4: To higher moments and beyond here ..
Final round presentation on a company's strategy - how would you structure it?
I have a final round with a VC fund that's asking me to build a deck on strategy for a publicly traded tech company. What kind of content would they be looking for in a deck on the company's strategy?
Recruiting Strategies – Applying the principles of competitive markets to job hunting
In my second week of business school, I attended a career session called “Managing the Challenge of Change”. To my surprise, the former executive who ran the event spoke less about change and more about how to get the most out of the MBA program, which he described as the largest financial...
How To Win Millions at Blackjack
Most of us have either read Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions or seen 21 , the movie version of the book. It's the tale of a bunch of MIT nerds who crushed Vegas by counting cards and playing team blackjack. But how can you pull the same...
Deutsche Bank Group Strategy
I somehow landed an iview with DB's Group Strategy Graduate Entry Program in Frankfurt. Does anyone has information about this program like hours, salary, typical day? It sounds like the most prestigious non-IB position given the high requirements compared to other entry position. Any advice on the...
KPMG Strategy & Operations (Strategy & Growth Associate)
Hey everyone, I am new to the board. I have a job offer from an F100 as an industrial engineer ($80k), but my real passion is business strategy. I wasn't able to lock down anything at MBB or Deloitte , but I did get an offer from KPMG for their strategy team. Does anyone have any feedback on this...
Long term growth: why are barriers to entry deemed THE driver?
as the title states, i very well understand why barriers to entry play an extremely important role in a sucessful growth story, and, generally altough not necessarily, investing story but that being said, i think that the other forces (here i am referring to Porter's framework) [i am thinking labour...
Multi-Asset Fund Strategy?
Hi everyone, I'm looking to research for a multi-asset fund. Ideally it will be based on economic indicators (or any other relevant indicators) which would determine the asset allocation . I need to establish a sort of framework for a start. Does anyone have any good resources to share? Such as...
IBM Strategy consulting
I have a friend at IBM who is trying to sell me on joining their strategy group and is willing to push my resume. Consulting was my dream career out of UG though it didn't happen. Any thoughts? I'd like to join a top ranking MBA program at some time in the future and would like to do corp strat or a...
Big 4 – Transaction Services or Strategy?
I have been working in the Consulting/Advisory arm at a Big 4 for almost 1 year. I have been mostly working on assisting banking and AM clients with regulatory compliance. The work I do does not align with my goal, which (at this point of my career) is doing corporate/business development at F500 or...
Google: Global Business Strategy vs. BizOps?
Hi WSO , I was wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between Google's Global Business Strategy team and its Business Operations & Strategy team? I've seen concurrent job postings for both teams. The descriptions for both groups seem to indicate a similar function (e.g., they both...
Big Data and Analytics vs Strategy
I've been on projects on both spectrums and fortunate enough to see various industries. All in all, I thoroughly enjoy both but would need to specialize soon. Which one out of the two would you recommend as they are equal interest to me? I am eventually going to get a MBA and hope to have my own...
Euro dollar mid curve options
I was recently asked to sketch some trade ideas using euro dollar mid curve options in a hf interview. I said something vague about using them to take a view on forward vol of LIBOR. ANyone have better ideas? Who trades these and how ?
Q&A with Nefarious - a Strategy Associate at a Fortune 500 Company - (Part Two)
Following up my my post from last Thursday , I'm here today with part two of my interview with Nefarious. For those of you that need a refresher, Nefarious is a Strategy Associate at a global Fortune 500 aerospace & defense company. Check out part one of my interview with him for some great in-depth...
Q&A with Nefarious - a Strategy Associate at a Fortune 500 Company - (Part One)
Afternoon, monkeys. I've got the first of a two part interview for you today with Certified User Nefarious. Nefarious works in Strategy at a major Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense company . While I know many of your are focused on banking and private equity , I think everyone can benefit from hearing...
Really appreciate some advice
I would like to get some advice from the group on what opportunities are out there for someone with my background. I know I don't want to stay at my job or my industry but don't know what jobs are out there for someone like myself. My Background:
Anyone have experience with the process of patenting an investment strategy?
I have an ETF strategy I would like to patent while I obtain the capital/relationships to have it seeded to the market. Has anyone out there on WSO done something similar or know any detail about the process? Thank you in advance.
F500 Strategy Recruiting
I know about some of the interviews out there, but I wanted to make a thread that might answer some lingering questions about the F500 recruiting process (namely strategy and finance roles, but since a lot of roles' names are interchangeable, F500 in general). For strategy internships/FT: Are...
Corporate Strategy Case Study
Hey guys, need some help for an upcoming interview. I have a corp. strategy interview for a small and rapidly growing company. I have been informed that there will be a case study at the interview (final round). I am currently an ibanking analyst and I have never really had a case study in an...
Left behind for IB FT. What should be my strategy now?
Hi all, I've missed the boat for FT recruiting and was only able to get 2 interviews (Jefferies and Deutsche Bank) in the Fall. I have experience working in Asia for a middle market bank and a boutique as well as a PE firm with a low GPA (~3.2). I'm not sure what my strategy should be at this point...
F500 strategy analyst for undergrad
Which F500 companies hire undergrads to for entry level strategy analyst roles?
Corporate Chief of Staff Role
Have you guys heard of Chief of Staff roles at corporations? If so, what are your thoughts on the role? Do you know anyone that's gone through it?
Where Do You Have Your Money?
It dawned on me yesterday while writing my post that we do a lot of speculation on this site...but I am not sure how many of us really speculate. Needless to say if you are working on a desk at a prop shop or at a trading arm of a bulge bracket , you have money in play almost every single day. But...
Accenture MCDP for Experienced Financial Analyst
I have an upcoming interview for a position with Accenture in the MCDP (Management Consulting Development Program). The thing I find odd about the position is Accenture is looking for an experienced (~1 year of experience) financial/operations analyst candidate. The reason I find this odd is it...
Online dating book written by a management consultant?
Hey guys, have you ever heard of this before? Apparently a management consultant at one of the big firms just released an ebook on how to do really well with online dating. Wonder how his firm feels about it. Either way its been really effective for me so far. Called Conquer Online Dating by a John...
Google Corporate Development and Strategy
Hey guys, I know this forum is largely for wall street related posts but I have seen some posts creep around here about internships and jobs at Google from time to town. So from anyone who is working/has worked at the GOOG, can you tell us what your experience was like? What you were doing? And...
INSEAD vs LBS for consulting
Hey Guys! I have MBA offers from INSEAD, LBS and Oxford. I am pretty sure I am not attending Oxford. But, I am having a hard time deciding whether to attend INSEAD or LBS . My goal is to work in a top strategy consulting firm (MBB, LEK, Booz etc...) post MBA . Currently I am a consultant in the...
Second Tier % of Strategy
Any one have any idea what % of work is strategy in Second-Tier Consulting firms? Specifically Deloitte or Oliver Wyman ?
F500 Corp. Strategy vs. Boutique Consulting
Hi everyone - I have two offers that I'm trying to decide between. One is with a F100 corporate strategy team...a group of 25 people doing strategy work for the firm. The firm itself doesn't sell the most interesting services, at least in my eyes, but this may well change once learning more about...
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