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Risk Advisory Case Interview

big four Case Interview Risk Management

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Clara

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Clara

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! +1 Ian, super helpful list he shared. You see that the variety of topics is huge, so you need to be ready for almost anything. In these cases, be sure also to review the “classics”: 1. Profitability cases- basi ... (read entire answer)

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Final Partner Round

Deloitte Consulting Risk Management

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Hi there, Would be great if you could mention the company you are interviewing with for more tailored advice. In general, the structure of the rounds is the same (fit + case+ your questions); however in finals there is ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey 1 round of interview - consultant

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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

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gave the best answer on Aug 30, 2021

Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Hey there, It will be a mix of cases in a domain-relevant context as well as cases set in a completely different context. Be aware that frameworks were applicable in the 2000 years, the era of Victor Cheng and Case in P ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey 1 round of interview - consultant

Actively preparing for interviews at McKinsey and BCG Risk Management

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gave the best answer on Aug 28, 2021

Hi there, I highly highly recommend you get reading up on McKinsey Insights “Risk and Resilience" page. Click into each of these below topics to build up your knowledge and see what types of questions may be asked. For ... (read entire answer)

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Management & Strategy consulting certifications

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Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Hi Bart, Great question. Here's my view: Must have skills/get certified ideally: AI/ML Design Thinking Agile & DevOps Good to have (certifications not compulsory): Cloud Python- I learnt python ... (read entire answer)

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Risk Consulting at Big 4 to Management/Strategy Consulting at Big 3

Financial risk management risk consulting Risk Management

Most recent answer on Oct 16, 2020

Anonymous B gave the best answer on Oct 05, 2020

A lot of people on this site seem obsessed by MBB. Try and truly understand why it is your goal to work for one of these firms. Understand your drivers for wanting this position. Do you really want to make big life deci ... (read entire answer)

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Competition risks?

Oliver Wyman case: On the Right Track Risk Management

Most recent answer on Oct 05, 2020

Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 05, 2020

Hi Raouf! Not sure what case you're referring to, but you can always bring up additional risks - but I would rather phrase them as subject of next step analyses. Hope this helps - if not, a bit more context would be ... (read entire answer)

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Deloitte Financial Risk Advisory - Case Experience?

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Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Oct 05, 2020

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! Two main things here: Experience & prep for zoom meetings: In terms of content, it is the same as in-person interviews, since the skillset that interviewers are looking for is exactly the same ... (read entire answer)

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Which framework for a risk management case?

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Anonymous gave the best answer on May 24, 2020

Hi, I have worked for 5 years in the financial services management consulting(incl. risk management). I would suggest the standard risk management framework: EAD x PD x LGD = Expected Loss EAD is the predicted a ... (read entire answer)

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Lack of consideration in the conclusions?

barrier to entry Risk Management

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Been through Bain Final Round

The thought-process does not explicitly include 1. barrier-to-entry (competitors, regulations) 2. Risks (Financial & operational). If I want to add these two, should they be added to the market assessment stage o ... (read entire question)

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Type of cases in a somewhat hybrid role - preparation tips

consulting Corporate Finance Finance Financial risk management investment banking Private Equity Quantitative risk management Risk Management

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Vlad

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Vlad

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Hi, I would prepare for the following: Due-diligence of the target company Synergies calculation of two merging companies 1. For DD you can use the following structure: Market Size Growth rates Prof ... (read entire answer)

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Risk Practice at top tier consulting: what would you be doing?

Risk Management

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Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Oct 03, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, It's about assessing the current risk models of the clients (different FI institutions) and providing the recommendations. MBB companies rarely create their own risk models since these projects are too long and th ... (read entire answer)

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Hi Mari, risk manangement consulting interviews normally involve insurance cases; the methodology to solve the cases it's usually the same as for traditional strategy consulting interviews, although the focus is on a ... (read entire answer)

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