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Case Interview Foundations: 6 Types of Case Interviews

Management Consulted

Consulting firms rely heavily on case interviews to find the right candidate and, therefore, you should practice them – practice them well, start practicing them early (2-3 months prior to the interview), and then keep practicing them often. The 2 case interview styles are Interviewer-led and Interviewee-led cases.

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Case Interview Basics

Tom Spencer

Cases are a tool used by interviewers based on a business scenario; they go beyond behavioural and background questions to assess the actual abilities of a candidate by replicating the steps of a consulting project. Do not just repeat what the interviewer said. With the raw data given perform analysis and organize as ‘slides’ (e.g.

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How to Interpret Charts During Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

So, a few minutes into your case interview, the recruiter slides a chart across the table and asks what you can tell from that particular exhibit. Hence, I would like to share some best practices for tackling these charts during a case interview. Tie those findings to the case and your analysis and interpret their implications.

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Personal Experience Interview - McKinsey PEI

CaseInterview.com

At consulting firms like McKinsey, you will receive a personal experience interview (or McKinsey PEI). Sometimes an entire interview is devoted to these types of questions. Other times, you will receive 10 - 15 minutes of these kinds of questions before you get a case interview. This is why the case interview exists.

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Have an upcoming Oliver Wyman interview? NERA, focused on microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis, ranked as the #1 economic consulting firm every year between 2009 and 2013 (stay tuned for an upcoming NERA profile). This focus on efficiency is a major defining characteristic of the high-performance culture at Oliver Wyman.

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Solving Problems with the Hypothesis-based Approach

Tom Spencer

This ensures that all data gathering and analysis has a clear purpose and time is not wasted doing aimless work. This might also involve conducting interviews with key stakeholders, reviewing relevant documents and data, and conducting market research to understand the situation.

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