...the last two places. The hiring process for new associates used to begin in the fall. The process after that can be broken up into three stages. Each of these stages helped the company make a decision about the candidate and is a key decision point for the firm. The working process is mainly divided in three stages: The purpose of the first one is to see if the candidate has real interest on the company by conducting informal interviews with students in the office in advance of official first- round interviews. These interviews were not part of formal process,that process was to know how serious and enthusiastic the candidates were and a chance to learn more about the firm. In this round interviewers are also instructed to test for culture fit. In the second one the candidates have an interview with an associate who will decide if they have the profile to be promoted into the final round. In this last filter 30 candidates are invited to the Giants Stadium where senior employees interview them five half-hour sessions with short breaks. When the interviews are done, the seniors hold a meeting where they decide which candidates must hire. Candidates invited to Super Saturday will be given the case study to...
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...Was the bank justified in terminating Darrell on the grounds of his prior embezzlement conviction? Explain. * I would have to disagree considering that Darrell had already disclosed that information on his application as well as to the interviewer. The first interviewer should have also relayed Darrell’s embezzlement information to the second interviewer. Fortunately for the bank, the cause of Darrell’s terminations was sexual harassment due to his inappropriate behavior towards his female coworker. Would the bank have grounds to terminate Darrell even if he had not been convicted of embezzlement? Explain. * It highly depends on the company’s policy of sexual harassment. Some company policies will allow involved parties a chance to tell their side of the story while others have a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment. In addition, some companies will investigate all allegations of harassment and take the appropriate corrective measures in response to any investigations. Apparently, in this case, Darrell’s employer had absolutely no tolerance for his misconduct. Does Darrell's behavior with the female teller constitute sexual harassment, and if yes, what type? * Yes, because Darrell touched his co-worker inappropriately which was clearly unwelcomed despite the attraction between the two (flirting and whatnot). This type of sexual harassment is called a hostile work environment claim involves a supervisor, co-worker or customer making unwelcome sexual...
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...fast people talk, how loud people talk, the pitch of their voice, their intonation and many other ways of speaking. Crosstalk is a short video that gave examples of how people from different backgrounds, British English and Indian English speakers, could have problems interacting with each other due to both linguistic and cultural miscommunication. What one person thinks they are expressing is not necessarily what another person is interpreting. Crosstalk begins with “The Advice Centre Interview,” in which Mr. Aziz from India meets with a social worker to determine why Mr. Aziz has not been receiving his government unemployment benefits. During the interview, I can see the miscommunication between Mr. Aziz and the social worker is the cause of differences in cultural assumption and information packaging. People from different cultural backgrounds may tell different stories in different narrative styles and indicate their attitude in different ways. When Mr. Aziz goes for a job interview for unemployment and social security benefit, he feels ashamed and unconfident. Even though Mr. Aziz has no difficulty using English, he is unable to make himself understood. The social worker, a native speaker of English, does not understand what Mr. Aziz wants neither. Mr. Aziz is ashamed of having to ask for government money. He tells the social worker that when he went to the welfare agency, “Everybody in the queue, they laughed at me. I was so ashamed.” The social worker, instead of understanding...
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...Ned Kelly is an infamous bushranger from Australia who is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded killer and thief, while others consider him to be a hero. What is Ned Kelly is he a villain or hero? This interview will give young Ned another shot to prove himself right. Interviewer: Hello and welcome to news at when, when 1879.we are joined by the famous Ned Kelly himself. How are you Ned? Ned Kelly: Fine, thank you Interviewer: So please tell us Ned where and when you born? Ned Kelly: I was born in a shrub not far off Melbourne. Interviewer: How did you feel when your father died? Ned Kelly: It was a real sad moment knowing that there is absolutely no one to give you money to support the family with seven children and losing a member of the family. Interviewer: What were your emotions when returning from jail in 1874? Ned Kelly: Well there was mixed emotions rushing inside me first I was shocked then scared then sad. I realized that my dear sister had passed away ,my other sister married and my mum on the verge of getting married to some strange man I haven’t met .My world had gone up side down but I had to adapt to the new changes Interviewer: What were your intentions when saving the drowning boy? Ned Kelly: I wasn’t just doing so I would get a good name anyone would do that if they so someone dying. Interviewer: Why did you love horses so much? Ned Kelly: I loved my horses dearly because there were pretty my only friends growing up. Riding them made all...
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...SG Cowen: a Case Study Group One Patrick De Nava Sean Fagan Chelsea Green Leonard Keefer Rose Martinez sg SG Cowen: a Case Study Group One Patrick De Nava Sean Fagan Chelsea Green Leonard Keefer Rose Martinez sg “We’re looking for a few good men.” The Marines have been using this slogan for well over two hundred years, and while the message is the same, the recruiting methods have changed dramatically. We’re going to look at how one company, S.G. Cowen, goes about the business of filling its employee roster. Recruiting Process SG Cowen is an investment bank that was formed by the acquisition of Cowen and Company, a small but well respected investment bank known for quality research and equity sales, by Societe Generale, an international bank based in France. The new firm is comprised of about 1,500 professionals who specialize in health care and technology. The firm looks to hire about 30 associates each year, with about many of them coming from third year analysts being promoted. Some of the new recruits are business school students who start as interns after their sophomore year in school and are hired after completing two years of summer internship. Other associates are recruited from top business schools. SG Cowen’s process for recruiting new employees is both strategic and well developed. SG Cowen begins the recruiting process each fall by holding informational presentations at its core business schools, such as NYU, Cornell, USC, and Notre Dame. ...
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...Behavioral Interviews General Tips Most candidates approaching finance interviews stress over the technical questions. However, answering a behavioral question in a “less than desirable way” or fumbling around without a legitimate answer can do even more damage than missing a technical question. Analysts will spend 80+ hours per week with their co-workers, so proving you are someone they will enjoy being around is more important than proving you know how to work your way through a discounted cash flow model. That does not mean that we suggest you not thoroughly prepare for the technical aspect of the interview as well! Once you get the job, your firm will put you through a rigorous training session. Your company will assume you have little prior financial knowledge so they are not looking for the next finance wizard or CFO — they are looking for someone they will be comfortable working with for the next two years and who will be able to handle the demands of the job. First impressions are crucial so as you walk through the door and give your interviewer a firm handshake, make sure to wear a friendly smile and relax if you are nervous. You won’t die, we promise. Try to turn any nervousness into positive energy that can be interpreted as enthusiasm for the position. The person across the table could be sitting there for eight straight hours interviewing 16 kids in a row. He/she will get bored if there is no passion in your voice and no conviction in your speech. This...
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...for Interview Interview 1 – Date: dd/mm/yyyy Interviewer: Observer: Interviewee(s): (Write down position, name and the amount of time he/she worked at the company) (NOTES) ------------------------------------------------- B: Background – Story – secondary research 1. History of the company: When? How? Why? “Cash cow” marketing matrix 2. Research the market of the industry 3. Value proposition of the company? Why should they choose Avant? Success rate very important 4. Financing issues. How do they finance their company? We already know that look up the last interview we had with them. 5. Look at porter strategy then decide what strategy they implement in their company. It is a small company. 6. Write briefly down what you already know about the risk of the company. Also present in the previous interview we had with them. Risk of an vof 7. Write down the organisational culture. Write down an experience you’ve had with a driving school. 8. Leadership style – Porter leadership and management style use that definition to get 9. Use Porter’s value chain definition to define the startegy: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_66.htm 10. Leadership style pret-a-porter http://leadersyndrome.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/leadership-and-management-styles-the-pret-a-porter-collection/ 11. ------------------------------------------------- Ambition on future developments on financing option. Also look at the interview summary...
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...October 21, 2013 Informational Interview Assignment For this Informational Interview Assignment I interviewed my father and his close friend/ business partner. They are both work in a business of a clothing line called Blow Genes. It's a unisex clothing line for all adults and children. It includes graphic design of the pit bulls from their dog kennel. I chose to interview the two of them because I have a strong interest in fashion and hope to maybe do fashion merchandising one day. I interviewed Joey & Dave. They are both business partners for Blow Genes. Which is based out of Los Angeles, California but they also work locally in Spotsylvania, Virginia where the interview took place. Interview: Q: What do you do in a typical day? A: Handle all sales, marketing and promotions for the east coast. And I assist with clothing designs Q: What are advantages & disadvantages to this career? A: Advantages: I travel a lot and I meet a lot of people. I form new relationships and connections Disadvantages: I’m not an owner I am just a partner. So I get handed all of the bad jobs and poor travel spots. Q: What are the employee benefits? A: Free clothes, free VIP sections, free drinks at clubs and extra pocket money Q: What type of people work in this field? A: Self-employed artists, people in the entertainment industry, from actors to models to recording artists. Q: What's the typical beginning salary level? A: There is no salary we have no employees...
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...file contained all the necessary documentation to establish Smith Company as a valid vendor; however, Smith Company had been added as a vendor after CPI purchased Jones Company. After Reynolds reviewed this information, she told Collins to perform a public records search on Smith Company. Collins found Smith Company's articles of incorporation. The articles listed Tony DeMarco as an officer of Smith Company. DeMarco is Jones Company's production manager and Reynolds recalled seeing in the audit paperwork that DeMarco had approved payment of invoices submitted by Smith Company. She knew immediately that the problem was worse than she'd originally thought, and fraud might be afoot. The next step was for her and Collins to interview DeMarco. AUDITORS INTERVIEW PRIME SUSPECT Collins had never interviewed a fraud suspect before, so Reynolds, who had interviewed several, gave him some pointers. Reynolds warned him they...
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...finally had to give GD in Coca Cola, ITC and Schlumberger. So you can never be too sure of what comes your way during the placements. PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE - I started my placement journey by getting shortlisted in Capital One on Day 1. They shortlisted 125 candidates on the basis of resume. Then they took a case study interview and reduced the number to 30. Then again took an aptitude test but finally didn’t give offer to anyone. - Then came Coca Cola on Day 2. They organised GD in the groups of ten each and then there was a single interview of about half an hour which mainly consisted of HR based questions. The topic of the GD was “Are Engineering students wasting time in studies ?”. The interview mainly focussed on the commitment to work with them and asked whether I did any activity depicting leadership skills. - Coca Cola shortlisted candidates with medium profile like moderate CPI with few extracurrecs. I had a target of gettng placed in Qualcomm from second year itself. It came on Day 2 and I got a call from Qualcomm in the middle of the interview of Coca Cola so I could not take their call. Immediately after this I went for the Qualcomm interview but they were not happy and asked me to leave without much interrogation. The results of Day 2 came and I got placed in Coca Cola. AJAYPAL SINGH, MECHANICAL...
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...and information technology (IT) is no different. In the early of computing, most existing work-based system were manual. Indeed it could be argued that IT sees more rapid change than many other technologies. Think how many ‘upgrades’ have happened with your favorite software. For instance the first stage in looking at an existing system and seeing whether a new computer software system is needed for upgrade this is called feasibility study. Once this has been completed and the decision to proceed with or to abandon the examination of the system has been made, the feasibility study is finished. This could be a system to keep track of all the students' names, addresses, telephone numbers and grades, or it could be a new system for an online bank to let customers open a new account. No matter what the system might be, if the organization doesn't conduct a systems analysis (often known as the system life cycle); they are likely to find that their new system disappoints them and doesn't solve the original problem. 1 Stages of systems life cycle The SLC consists of the following stages: 1. Investigation and analysis 2. Design 3. Development and testing 4. Implementation 5. Documentation 6. Evaluation The system lifecycle is a view of a system or proposed system that addresses all phases of its existence to include system conception, design and development, production and construction,...
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...insider guide ACE YOUR CASE® III: MARKET-SIZING QUESTIONS 2nd edition ★ 15 PRACTICE CASE QUESTIONS ★ MARKET-SIZING CASE RULES ★ WETFEET’S EXPERT COMMENTARY >> The WetFeet Methodology You hold in your hands a copy of the highest-quality research available for job seekers. We’ve designed the WetFeet Insider Guides to help cut down on the time you spend doing job research by doing some of the work for you. Hopefully we can make your job search as painless as possible. Each WetFeet Insider Guide is the product of hundreds of hours of in-depth research, critical analysis, and precise writing. We survey massive amounts of publicly available information and conduct dozens of in-depth interviews of rank-and-file employees who work for the companies and industries we cover. (We keep our company contacts anonymous to encourage candor.) WetFeet writers—experts at reading between the lines—speak with company recruiting staff members to make sure you get accurate information about the recruiting process, compensation, and hiring targets. We also consult countless experts, from career coaches and networking gurus to authorities on professional etiquette and personal branding, in order to provide you insight on the latest trends affecting job seekers. Each Insider Guide undergoes extensive editorial review and fact-checking to ensure that the information and writing live up to our exacting standards. And because WetFeet retains all editorial control of our Insider...
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...- more 1111111 500,000 copi c« sold - 101 GREAT ANSWERS -to the- 101 GREAT ANSWERS TO THE TOUGHEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS SIXTH EDITION Ron Fry Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage Learning [pic] Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States [pic] 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions, Sixth Edition Ron Fry Publisher and General Manager, Course Technology PTR: Stacy L. Hiquet Associate Director of Marketing: Sarah Panella Manager of Editorial Services: Heather Talbot Marketing Manager: Mark Hughes Acquisitions Editor: Mitzi Koontz Project Editor: Jenny Davidson PTR Editorial Services Coordinator: Jen Blaney Interior Layout Tech: Bill Hartman Cover Designer: Luke Fletcher Indexer: Larry Sweazy Proofreader: Kate Shoup Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston, MA 02210 USA © 2009 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution...
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...Sample Interview Questions with Suggested Ways of Answering Q. Tell me about yourself. A. This is the dreaded, classic, open-ended interview question and likely to be among the first. It's your chance to introduce your qualifications, good work habits, etc. Keep it mostly work and career related. Q. Why do you want to leave your current job? (Why did you leave your last job?) A. Be careful with this. Avoid trashing other employers and making statements like, "I need more money." Instead, make generic statements such as, "It's a career move." Q. What are your strengths? A. Point out your positive attributes related to the job. Q. What are your weaknesses? A. Everybody has weaknesses, but don't spend too much time on this one and keep it work related. Along with a minor weakness or two, try to point out a couple of weaknesses that the interviewer might see as strengths, such as sometimes being a little too meticulous about the quality of your work. (Avoid saying "I work too hard." It's a predictable, common answer.) For every weakness, offer a strength that compensates for it. Q. Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself? A. Answer with positive, work-oriented adjectives, such as conscientious, hard-working, honest and courteous, plus a brief description or example of why each fits you well. Q. What do you know about our company? A. To answer this one, research the company before you interview. Q. Why do you want to work for us? A. Same as above. Research the company...
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...Table of content Research Background 1 Culture Research 1 1. Consumer Culture: Nail Preference Culture 1 2. When and where were the observations/interviews done? 1 3. Consumer List 2 4. Consumer theory Analysis 2 5. Observation Outline and Question List for Interview. 7 6. Who is the target of this culture? (Both demographic and psychographic profile of the individuals) 7 7. Group Members and their contribution to the project 8 Appendix I 9 Nail Preference Culture of Female Consumers Research Background Since marketers successfully promote the slogan “It is women’s nature to be beauty”, it seems also well-explained a phenomenon why in current market female consumer exists huge growth potential to marketers to pay attention to it. In this research project, we are trying to explore the nail preference culture of female consumers and understand their potential behavior motivations. In order to get practical information from this group of consumers, we interviewed some consumers in Nail D’Amour nail salon store as well as its nail specialist. In addition, we used value – Utilitarian Value/Hedonic Value, Motivation – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and Decision Making Process Model these three theories to explain behavior and motivations of these consumers. According to the interviewing results, we found that this group of consumers love doing nail is mainly due to its Hedonic value which satisfies consumers’ emotional demands to make...
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