Interviewing for a director role in industry, but worried about Covid’s impact. What’s appropriate language to use to ask if my role would be on the chopping block if the company does layoffs?

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Change is needed that is medium/urgent priority but requires director approval who is out. Their backup is out too. Do you make the change? Was asked this in a tech interview. Change is not RED

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Had an interview on Friday for a role and I haven’t heard back from the recruiter today. She said they were moving fast and that I would hear from her after my interview with the director. (Cont’d)

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I'm in the last stages of interviews for a director position at a pharma/life science company. How risky would it be to jump ship given the current environment?

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Have an interview but the recruiter hinted that the HR Director thinks I might be a little light on experience. How should I approach this? Any tips would be appreciated!

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Just finished an interview with Guidehouse. The Director informed me hiring has substantially slowed down. In addition, it seems like they’re increasing the amount of interviews for each position.

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Anyone have any experience with Fannie Mae? In the early rounds of interviewing for a director level position there. I'm currently industry right now, so wouldn't need to adapt from consulting.

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Anyone have any experience with Fannie Mae? In the early rounds of interviewing for a director level position there. I'm currently industry right now, so wouldn't need to adapt from consulting.

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Hi, I'm wondering what the salaries are at MBB but in Europe and more directed at a design director. I'm at my final interviews but with COVID im sure there will be a bit of a delay but wanted to 1/2

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I’m the only creative on one of the smaller accounts at my agency, where I am referred to as the “Creative Director” for the account. But I’m a junior AD... In interviews etc. can I say I am a CD? 🧐

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Currently 2nd year M, interviewing for VP roles in Financial Services. Does staying another year and making SM make it easier to land Director level roles?

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EY recruitment for Director- all interviews done n independence check completed. How long does it take HR to get all approvals to offer? Yet to hear from HR, though heard from Independence desk.

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Interview soon for a comms director role. Would be first in-house gig, been in agencies until now. What skills matter more when in house vs agency that I need to prep talking pts for?

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Thoughts on McKinsey from a Design Director perspective. Would love to hear from a designers perspective vs a consultant. Interviewing currently...

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What to expect for a corporate strategy director comp in the Bay Area? 10+ YoE. I have been having some preliminary recruiter interviews and numbers seem low (200-225 base). Is that what to expect?

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Curious on Alixpartners interview process for director level. I’ve been through 3 phone discussions all set up by HR, now I’m working directly with the team on discussions going forward.

At PWC, will my manager or director/relationship leader know if I am applying for positions internally within the firm?

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At PWC, will my manager or director/relationship leader know if I am applying for other positions internally within the firm or not?

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Interviewing for a Director position at Salesforce, non tech/engineering role. What total comp should I expect? Base, bonus, and RSU? Location is Dallas.

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Interviewing for a Director position at Salesforce, non tech/engineering role. What total comp should I expect? Base, bonus, and RSU? Location is Dallas.

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Hey Fishy 🐠, interviewing for an Industry Value Advisor Director role at SAP. Wondering what the compensation would be for that position.

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I’m interviewing for a senior director, strategy & consulting at Publicis. Does anyone know what the comp range is for this role? I’m NYC based.

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10 yr digital strat who’s done some planning. Interviewing for strat director roles, but nervous I haven’t done enough brand planning to excel. Could be impostor syndrome, but would you take the leap?

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Interviewed with Guidehouse a week ago and it went well, IMO. The director who interviewed me said I’d hear back within the next week or so. When should I really expect to hear back?

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Any advice for mck design final round interview for associate director role?

Have my final F2F interview at KPMG for CIO advisory Senior Associate role tomorrow. I am only meeting a director for 45 minutes. What should I expect : behavioral / case study ?

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How much does a Director at AlixPartners make? Do the have sign in bonus when recuited. Going for an interview there in a few weeks. TIA

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How much does a Director at AlixPartners make? Do the have sign in bonus when recuited. Going for an interview there in a few weeks. TIA

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Slalom 🐠 I know markets differ but I interviewed with 4 people (consultant, capability lead, director & PA). Then they scheduled me to talk to the same director. Any insight on what I should expect?

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Anyone applying to Tuck? Did you get a personalized email from the admissions director a week or two after the deadline? Trying not to get too hyped about nothing...

I’m a freelance agency producer doing a director search. I want to hit up a prod company I interviewed at months ago for director names but don’t know if that’s weird cos I want to work with them too

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Anyone work at fiserv’s professional services business line? Have an interview with their senior director for a program management strat and ops type role. Any feedback is appreciated!

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Alix fish- what is your interview procedure for SVPs, I had one round of phone screen with a director and one with a MD. What’s the next step...any guidance that you can provide is helpful

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Guidehouse 2-hr video interview. What to expect? Haven’t been told who it will be with yet but guessing Manager/Director.

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Networking faux pas? Friend in a diff industry applying for a job. The director of the group is an alum of my college (tiny school, this is rare). Can I cold email them asking to connect w friend?

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Questions to ask a Managing Director during my Confirming Interview for Accenture (Federal)...?🤔 Trying to have a good list going in.

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Interviewed for a position and did not get the job back in September. I think the director did not like me. Can I interview for a different position?

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Interviewing for Director IT role in DC area. Any tips on comp level.

Recruiter mentioned stocks and I don't even know what to expect or discuss? What are the different kind/style of stocks offered?

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Approached by Ankura recruiter for a Director role. Does anyone know what this role is equivalent to in Big4? What’s the salary range? Just want to prep ahead of interview.

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Deloitte any fish with thoughts or information about the Global Strategy & Innovation team? Interviewing for the Manager level role and want to make sure I know what I’d be getting into

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Have a final round interview with the CEO of a startup (~300 person company) - assuming the job is mine, what question would you be asking to make sure this is the place you want to join? Any help appreciated!

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Interviewing as a senior 1 position at EY advisory in the Washington DC area. How much should I expect to get salary wise?

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Starting the interview process at a competitor and the people I will be interviewing with know my current team members just from being in the industry and I think some even used to work together. Does it go without being said that the people I am interviewing with won’t say anything to my current team members or should I be concerned about this?

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Our client, a Manhattan pharmaceutical digital advertising agency is looking for a VP or SVP Brand Strategy.. Needs experience working on a brand with multiple indications in the oncology space (ideally) and be actively working on approx. $7 mil. of revenue.
1st. round of interviews will be internal. Candidate will be asked to present to the agency, then meet the client. On-going work will be remote. The salary range is $165 to $210++ negotiable
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At what level, would one start getting technical questions in an interview for an industry position? - manager? SM?

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Hello there audit folks! Anybody considering a shift to financial due diligence? Happy to discuss opportunities at EY, please DM me if interested. We are really looking for folks with healthcare or tech experience and can move extremely quickly during the interview process. I've been in the group for years and transitioned as a senior so can share the positives and negatives.

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What questions do you ask potential creative hires during their interview?

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Hey Fishes,

I am preparing for Google Cloud Engineer - AI role
I know there would be DS & Algo, Programming and ML Questions but
I was given a long list of topics to prepare by google - Web/Internet Technologies, Databases/SQL/NoSQL, Linux/Unix, Distributed Systems, System Design, Troubleshooting, Networking
Any suggestions on which topics to concentrate more on ,
any good resources that you can think of and any interview experiences would be very useful, Thanks in advance

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Hello!
How should I go about applying as a generalist Associate to McKinsey's TMT practice as an experienced hire? Current SW tech lead at Square looking to switch into consulting but in TMT only.
Any tips / McK folks open to DMs?

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Please suggest any good sources to prepare for data engineer interviews in GCP, Python, SQL, Pyspark. I have worked only in a few tools in GCP and done basic coding in pyspark and above average in SQL, but need to be prepared to handle all questions to grab some offer. YouTube has lot of resources but confused on which one to start with. I have an interview this Tuesday in another 2 days.

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What's the interview format for Microsoft Federal solution sales roles? Are they behavioral or do they get technical as well? What is the assessment criteria like? Is it similar to AWS LPs? I've been informed that they are 3- 45 min back to back interviews and nothing more. Any guidance is appreciated! thanks!

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I bought a house in the suburbs of Chicago at the top of the market. I ended up moving out of state in 2017 and short-selling. I am now interviewing for a VP Accounting role with the mortgage company that got shafted by the short sale. If I get the job offer, can they/will they see this on my credit report? Can they pull the offer due to this? Should I tell them before we advance further?

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Will be doing a video interview for a Sr Mgr role - behavioral interview. Any insights on what to expect? TIA

I’ve been interviewing at Slalom Consulting (S2 group) for a Consultant role. Waiting to hear back after my 4th interview now. What should comp range be for a mid to high cost of living area? Thanks!

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* Nowadays interviews are more inclined towards

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* Performance tuning
*Always On

Next week I’m having my first lateral interview as a junior associate. I’m very nervous because the group with whom I’m interviewing works with life science/tech clients and the attorneys have strong science/tech backgrounds; and I do not. However, I am very, very interested in transitioning to this practice. And I reaaally want this job because it’s at my dream firm. How would you recommend preparing for the lateral interview?

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Hello, I have 4 years of experience between Financial decision support and pricing. However, I feel like my experience is too narrowed to how my current company operates. I am looking to pivot into consulting at one of the big4 ( for ~2-3 years)or any other consulting firm to have a well rounded experience that could be applicable to any industry. Any advices ?or thoughts ?

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Any good recommended books on how to build a scalable product and team? I'm looking for recommendations for two areas: 1) in general laying the groundwork in a startup to have the tools and especially processes in place to scale, and 2) tactical focus on building a SaaS project. I've been promoted into a management role from Dev roots, so need to learn more PM processes to be an effective manager in day job, plus would like to start building my own SaaS solution.

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Have you used or ever heard someone use oral progesterone during IVF? I did injections in my first round which failed, but the practice in my home country uses oral progesterone a lot. I looked up but couldn’t find much info on why not using the oral route in the US.. going to ask my doctor next week but just wondering if anyone knows—- getting daily shots is a little too much.. thank you!

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Which company pays better salary - EY GDS or EY India? Also, can someone give Pros and Cons of both?

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Anyone from intelligent automation or RPA Team got their hike?

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Hi fishes, could any one help me on how to withdraw of money and how much can be withdrawn ?

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How do I negotiate a later start date? I have offer in hand and am coming from big law but would really like 8 weeks off between jobs because I am burnout and need time to rest. Is 8 weeks excessive?

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Anyone want to do apt swap for a weekend or longer - NYC here for LA, Chicago , London

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What is the responsibility of an OB hospitalist to advocate for or against sterilization (specifically tubal litigation) if any? I had a very controversial experience with an OB that made me wonder how much we should be trying to influence our patients' decisions "in their best interest." ETA: I'll share more details once I see some responses. I don't want to cloud anyone's gut-reaction opinion.

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What was your most amazing day in advertising?

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Is bfs account Contract get extended or they simply release and we get bach to parent (cts), for another project is complete bgv happening or they just handle from their side?

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I am possibly going into a cyber security role where I would be leading internal and external content. Thing is, my career has mainly been in fashion which I am trying to move away from, to get into the tech space. This is a great opportunity that will definitely teach me a lot and help get me further into tech. Problem: I’m scared. I’m scared I won’t enjoy it, scared I’ll be bored!!!, scared I’ll fail, scared I’d be making a mistake. Any advice? Has anyone pivoted like this? I want to be open.

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That feeling when your company has a hiring freeze and is “struggling”, but just stocked the kitchen with a bunch of $5k fridges

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I over functioned for too long (i.e., ran on pure adrenaline for a month) and am now in a perpetual state of crash. Any tips on bouncing back?

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