Consulting Stereotypes
What is a Mathco consultant's favorite hotel to stay at?
Hilton
A polite way of saying, "I have no idea how to answer that right now."
Circle back
Mathco partners with major technology providers like _______ , AWS, and Google Cloud to deliver cutting-edge solutions and stay updated with the latest advancements in technology.
Microsoft
The smallest bone in the human body is located in this part of the ear.
A) What is the cochlea?
B) What is the stapes?
C) What is the tympanic membrane?
Stapes
It takes 5 men to farm 5 acres in 5 minutes, how long does it take 100 men to farm 100 acres?
Consultants are seen as being obsessed with creating endless _____ filled with graphs, charts, and bullet points
Decks
It sounds intense, but it really means "Let's look into this in more detail."
Drill down
This country is the largest in the world by land area.
Russia
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A joke
Consultants are often seen as fluent in this type of language, filled with terms like "synergy" and "value-add."
A) What are buzzwords?
B) What is plain English?
C) What is slang?
Buzzwords
This phrase refers to tasks, opportunities, or problems that are easy to accomplish or solve and provide immediate benefits with minimal effort
Low hanging fruit
What are the 3 main industries Mathco caters to?
CPG, Retail, Healthcare and Life Sciences
The 2010 film "Inception," directed by Christopher Nolan, explores the concept of entering and manipulating dreams. The main character is played by this actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio
In a sequence where each term is the sum of the two preceding terms, the first term is 1, and the second term is 3. What is the 5th term in the sequence?
21
Consultants are stereotyped as frequently advising clients to "take this....." when they want to postpone a discussion for later.
Offline
An over-the-top way of saying, "Let's do everything, even the impossible."
Boil the ocean
Where are the 3 main Mathco offices located?
Chicago, Amsterdam, Bengaluru
The city of Istanbul straddles two continents: Europe and this other continent.
A) What is Africa?
B) What is Asia?
C) What is South America?
Asia
This number is the only one that cannot be represented in Roman numerals.
0
Consultants are often portrayed as constantly engaging in these, which are seen as excessive or redundant meetings.
A) What are strategy sessions?
B) What are touchpoints?
C) What are check-ins?
Touchpoints
The concept that the combined effect of a group or partnership is greater than the sum of its individual effects
Synergy
Mars, Incorporated acquired _____ for approximately $9.5 billion.
Kellenova
This natural phenomenon occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth and appears larger than usual.
A) What is a Lunar Eclipse?
B) What is a Supermoon?
C) What is a Solar Eclipse?
Supermoon
What is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10?
2520