OC&C Strategy Consultants
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OC&C Strategy Consultants is an international consulting firm that advises management of major multinational corporations and leading national companies. OC&C also supports world-renowned private equity firms in areas including potential investment scoping, vendor and buyer due diligence, and post-acquisition strategy. The firm brings a deep knowledge of its focus sectors and underlying demand drivers to their work with clients.
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Fresh off its successful B CorpTM certification process, OC&C is blazing a “do it the right way” trail through the consulting industry—with the recognition coming at a particularly interesting time given some of the headlines being made elsewhere in the industry in 2023.
As an employer, the firm offers a dynamic and challenging work environment with a strong emphasis on firm culture and quality of client projects. Insiders appreciate the intellectually stimulating and rewarding atmosphere, bolstered by close-knit, supportive team dynamics. However, the firm's rapid growth and high expectations sometimes lead to long hours and high pressure, which can be challenging despite the rewards.
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About the Company
Focusing on strategic analysis, OC&C Strategy Consultants breaks the concept of strategy consulting down into five organizational areas: group strategy, business unit/divisional strategy, product/market/channel strategy, transaction support, and strategy realization.
The firm focuses on answering strategic questions facing clients from first principles, based on market, customer, and competitor realities, rather than operational status quo and constraints. That's a strategy, the firm says, that ensures clients benefit from truly custom-built solutions, rather than off-the-shelf methodologies.
Although OC&C doesn't publicize its client list, it does claim to work not only with major corporations, but also with mid-sized companies that need strategic help in rapidly changing industries. Its i...
Employee Reviews
“Amazing work environment with challenging problems and supportive team environment.”
“Intellectually challenging and rewarding, with interesting people who care about the work and each other.”
“OC&C's identity and strategy is one that avoids the biggest challenges facing consulting as a career proposition: firms getting large/impersonal and more diluted in their strategy focus. We are close-knit and highly collaborative and focused on strategy.”
“Relentless focus on getting to an even better answer to our client's questions. The level of intellectual curiosity is unmatched, ubiquitous, and infectious.”
“We do interesting, intellectually stimulating work with a great group of people. I have felt I can really open up and be myself around people in the firm. Compared to other consulting firms, all our work involves wrestling with thorny, complicated strategy problems. I am yet to have a project where I am not working on a challenging, complex workstream.”
Getting Hired Here
“Feedback/call-back within a week; ‘Interview Buddy’ given to candidates between first and second round interviews (Junior person in the firm to help with coaching and providing first-round feedback); look for quantitatively strong candidates with strong business intuition and good interpersonal skills.”
“Someone hard-working, ambitious and smart—but also very likeable and has interests outside of work, shows characteristics of supporting peers instead of being overly competitive.”
“We look primarily for logical, structured thinkers who show intellectual curiosity and an eagerness to engage in debate and defend their arguments, while also being highly collaborative and engaging. The best thing a candidate can do to prepare is mire case practice, to allow these characteristics to shine through without the basics being a limiting factor.”
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