Hi all, I have a final round partner interview coming up at AT Kearney and was wondering about the recommended style.
I understand that in partner interviews, after some small talk, they might ask a question without 'obviously' moving to a case.
So if the partner says "so what do you think is the impact of driver-less cars?" (or something similar), is it expected that I take a minute and write down a structure - or would they expect a 'think out loud' approach?
Do you lose points for taking a minute of silence and breaking up the conversation? Once you've done it once, can you do it again for a later question?
What is the general approach here? Any advice would be much appreciated :)
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This one would be the preferred method for me as well. Feels like a natural conversation. The challenge here is that you only have a few seconds to come up with 3-5 areas that it will impact; so you need to buy a lot of time if you can't think of any. Otherwise you are forced to using generic buckets "producers of cars","suppliers of car producers", "users of cars", "other stakeholders of cars"
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Hi Jacob, you are absolutely right. This is why reading a business newspaper like WSJ, FT or Handelsblatt is almost a pre-requisite. It will give you the necessary keywords and "broad strokes knowledge".
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I am by absolutely no means an expert on the automotive industry. Never did a project in the field etc. But I would feel comfortable having a 10-Minute conversation about the mentioned question using this approach and my general knowledge about how the industry works. And once you go down to the fundamentals, you can figure out most industries (on a high, broad strokes level) pretty easily.