corporate strategy interview, what shall I prep

Question

Hi everyone, my background: 1st year MBA looking for summer intern, Tech PE pre MBA. just got an interview from a leading tech for Corp Strategy role, 1st round with Hiring Manager( strategy Director with 20 years experiences in tech strategy and consulting)

Any suggestions on what I should prep? I think I did everything on that job description except I don't know enterprise software enough which is this company does

Thank you everyone

Answer 1

Hello,

They usually focus on the fit part and then they could give you some brain teasers or a small business case (generally a market sizing). Prepare aso some questions to be asked to your interviewer in the final part.

Best,
Luca

Answer 2

Hi,

Usually tech MBA interviews have the following structure:

Tell me about yourself question
Why company / industry
Behavioral questions / stories (usually correlate with companies' values). You can find the exact question on glassdoor
Mini case (Structuring the problem and drilling deeper into the particular issue). Important: you should be prepared and you should know the industry, metrics, revenues drivers, etc)
Your questions to the interviewer

Best

Answer 3

Hello, congrats for your interview!

Without knowing more about the company, I would suggest you to prep as you would do for consulting, just knowing that normally FIT gains more importance (motivation for the rol, how can you personally contribute to the company, etc.) and business case is less complicated and extensive.

However, why don´t you reach HR and ask directly? Demostrating interest is never going to harm you.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Answer 4

Hi,
the interview will be usually structured in 3 parts:
- Personal Experience Interview: fit and CV questions to assess your personal impact, leadership skills, and entrepreneurial spirit
- Case Interview: typical business case/market sizing to evaluate your structure in approaching problems, problem-solving skills, and business sense
- Your final questions to the interviewers

Feel free to call HR to have more visibility on that, without worrying about bothering them: they are there to help

Best,
Antonello

Answer 5

Corporate strategy has a lot of ex-consultants and project they work on is in a way similar to consulting. So be prepared to do cases. Just treat it as if it is a consulting interview and prepare accordingly.

Best,

Emily

Answer 6

Hi Anonymous, Interesting question. I believe it completely depends on where do you see yourself in 3-5 years, how... (read entire answer)

Hi Anonymous, Interesting question. I believe it completely depends on where do you see yourself in 3-5 years, how much you want to keep options open vs specialize early and o... (read entire answer)

Answer 7

Hi, In general, you have two options of including different use cases in your market sizing (b2b. commercial, etc):... (read entire answer)

Hi, In general, you have two options of including different use cases in your market sizing (b2b. commercial, etc): Calculate the private use first and then make an assump... (read entire answer)

Answer 8

As Vlad said - strategic planning has nothing strategic about it. You will mostly track results & report on them, cre... (read entire answer)

As Vlad said - strategic planning has nothing strategic about it. You will mostly track results & report on them, creating pretty slides and building pretty decks to tell execs... (read entire answer)