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Alvarez & Marsal - London

Alvarez & Marsal consulting restructuring

Most recent answer on Feb 29, 2024

Cristian

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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

Cristian

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gave the best answer on Feb 07, 2024

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I've coached candidates for A&M roles in the US and UK, but the granularity of your questions deserves answers that come from actual A&M employees. I recommend that you reach out for networking chats to discuss ... (read entire answer)

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Interviewing with urgency

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Most recent answer on Oct 04, 2023

Cristian

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#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

Cristian

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gave the best answer on Oct 04, 2023

#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

Hi there! Go with the interviewer. If they want a more relaxed, free-flow discussion, then go for it. Then they want to assess how you think live through a problem, what sort of ideas you can come up with on the spot a ... (read entire answer)

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on Oct 04, 2023 on Oct 04, 2023
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Restructuring / turnaround cases

Cases restructuring Turnaround

Most recent answer on Aug 18, 2023

Benjamin

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Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Benjamin

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gave the best answer on Aug 16, 2023

Ex-BCG Principal | 8+ years consulting experience in SEA | BCG top interviewer & top performer

Hi, I interviewed for the value creation team of one of the largest global PE shops. It wasn't a turnaround focused case but there was also P&L analysis. Happy to share a couple of tips on how to approach interview ... (read entire answer)

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on Aug 18, 2023 on Aug 18, 2023
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Alvarez & Marsal | Interview for Analyst position

Alvarez & Marsal Alvarez and Marsal consulting restructuring

Most recent answer on Nov 27, 2022

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Nov 27, 2022

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

Hello! Congrats on the interview! If you want to deep dive on Behavioural (and not only, coz when they say behavioral they mean fit in general) , the "Integrated FIT guide for MBB" has been recently published in PrepLou ... (read entire answer)

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on Nov 27, 2022 on Nov 27, 2022
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Case Interview Prep Turnaround & Restructuring Department

caseinterview restructuring strategy consulting Turnaround

Most recent answer on Apr 01, 2022

Maikol

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BCG Project Leader | Former Bain, AlixPartner, and PE | INSEAD MBA | GMAT 780

Maikol

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gave the best answer on Mar 30, 2022

BCG Project Leader | Former Bain, AlixPartner, and PE | INSEAD MBA | GMAT 780

I have worked for AlixPartners, which is the most known company in Turnaround and Restructuring. If you want to prepare for interviews, just schedule a slot with me.The key point to understand is the insolvency law in y ... (read entire answer)

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on Apr 01, 2022 on Apr 01, 2022
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In need of Restructuring advisory resume template, first year entry level (urgent help needed, thank you!)

CV restructuring Resume

Most recent answer on Mar 15, 2021

Greta asked on Jul 29, 2019

I'm planning to apply for roles in restructuring advisory for both banking (PJT, Houlihan Lokey, etc) and consulting (FTI, Deloitte, etc) and I'm in the process of updating my resume. I tried looking restructuring resum ... (read entire question)

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on Mar 15, 2021 on Mar 15, 2021
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Open Case - Questions to Ask & Structuring

Open question restructuring

Most recent answer on Dec 31, 2020

Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Sidi

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gave the best answer on Jan 08, 2020

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi Anonymous, regarding clarifying questions at the beginning: these questions have the following objectives: Completely understanding the context/situation (including, unclear terminology, but also, for example, ... (read entire answer)

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How to structure liquidity / turnaround case?

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Most recent answer on Dec 04, 2020

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Dec 04, 2020

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

Hello! Overall I agree, particularly with the split in short term-medium term for the problem. However, this would not appear like this as a case. If you see the Library of cases, you can find much more real ones - ... (read entire answer)

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on Dec 04, 2020 on Dec 04, 2020
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Restructuring case

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Most recent answer on Aug 16, 2020

Axel

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Axel

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gave the best answer on May 04, 2019

Bain Consultant | Interviewer for 3 years at Bain |Passionate about coaching |I will make you a case interview Rockstar

I would say the first clarifying question you would need to understand prior to diving into any quantitative (or qualitative) components of the case would be to understand what is meant by "restructuring" and the wider ... (read entire answer)

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on Aug 16, 2020 on Aug 16, 2020
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Restructuring/Insolvency Case Interview Question

Interview restructuring

Most recent answer on Jun 02, 2020

Anonymous gave the best answer on May 31, 2020

Hi there, It is very rare to have such a case if you are applying to typical consulting companies - If the partner you are interviewing is head of the restructuring practice, that does not necessarily mean you will ge ... (read entire answer)

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on Jun 02, 2020 on Jun 02, 2020
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How to prep for a 'data dump' case interview?

case studies restructuring smp

Most recent answer on Dec 15, 2019

Antonello

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Antonello

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gave the best answer on Dec 14, 2019

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi Benjamine, case preparation will be the classical one with 2 additional points to focus on: 80-20 prioritization: quickly navigate an important amount of data to find what really matters to the case resolution; ... (read entire answer)

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on Dec 15, 2019 on Dec 15, 2019
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MBB - Restructuring Services

MBB restructuring

Most recent answer on Dec 13, 2019

Luca

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BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

Luca

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gave the best answer on Dec 13, 2019

BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

Hello, You will find that practice in each of the MBB (Look for McK RTS or BCG Turn). The team are structured as in other projects, composed by "generalist" consultants, but you can always ask to be affiliated to a s ... (read entire answer)

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on Dec 13, 2019 on Dec 13, 2019
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Do you have a question for our consulting experts, too?

Structure of cases

restructuring

Recent activity on May 16, 2019

Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Sidi

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gave the best answer on May 15, 2019

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi there! Hi Anonymous, The structure or approach to the case is indeed an absolutely crucial element towards success in a case interview. However, there is still a BIG misconception that I unfortunately see with m ... (read entire answer)

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on May 16, 2019 on May 16, 2019
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Fragmenting/modifying the case structure? & asking for time to think?

brainstorming restructuring Structure

Recent activity on Oct 31, 2018

Benjamin

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ex-Manager - Natural and challenging teacher - Taylor case solving, no framework

Benjamin

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gave the best answer on Oct 31, 2018

ex-Manager - Natural and challenging teacher - Taylor case solving, no framework

Hi, In such cases, the initial structure expected should be able to cover systematically and independantly all the possible root causes (e.g. value chain). then you could for instance offer to investigate one by one eac ... (read entire answer)

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on Oct 31, 2018 on Oct 31, 2018
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E·ON as only retail and distribution company

AskECON career progression restructuring

Recent activity on Aug 20, 2018

Anonymous gave the best answer on Aug 20, 2018

Hi Fabio, Yes, if the takeover of RWE’s share of innogy and subsequent divestment of the renewable energy generation activities to RWE are approved by the relevant authorities, E.ON will focus on distribution networks ... (read entire answer)

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on Aug 20, 2018 on Aug 20, 2018
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How to solve a restructuring case?

MBB Cases restructuring

Recent activity on Jun 30, 2018

Anonymous A asked on Jun 29, 2018

Hi, how would structure a restructuring case for a health fund? Best regards,

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on Jun 30, 2018 on Jun 30, 2018
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Non Financial issues to consider

Framework restructuring

Recent activity on Apr 28, 2018

Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Apr 28, 2018

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Hi Rinat, from your question it is not clear whether you are referring to a specific type of case (eg you struggle with market entry and M&A for the non-financial/qualitative part) or if it is a general problem fo ... (read entire answer)

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on Apr 28, 2018 on Apr 28, 2018
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