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Consulting 101: Preparing for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

In my opinion, a productive place to begin is to watch videos about the case interview. From these videos you can get familiar with the format and process in which a case interview is done. Personally, I benefitted by watching Victor Cheng’s Case Interview Workshop and videos produced by Management Consulted.

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How to Get a McKinsey Interview Through Networking

CaseInterview.com

Whilst writing my thesis on [ A topic related to economics in Islamic Countries ], I desperately sought the "World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report", co-authored with McKinsey & Co. I cold called an array of Islamic Banks to secure a copy of this very exclusive report. 1) On campus / Send in your Application - Recruiting.

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

CaseInterview.com

I went through workshops offered by these firms and talked to numerous recruiters and consultants. I read Marc Cosentino's Book ( Case in Point ), and I watched your videos (unfortunately, LOMS wasn't available yet). My Reply: Congratulations on the BCG offer, and thank you for sharing the ups and downs in your recruiting process.

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The Big Brand Name Employer

CaseInterview.com

Here is my question: Recently while I was rejected by the consulting firm that I applied to, I also received offers from [ major international consumer bank ] - management associate; [ major consumer products company ] - financial analyst; and another management associate of our local leader bank.

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Facing Rejection from Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

Did you go through my free video tutorials , practice live cases with practice partners at caseinterviewpartner.com , practice your case interview math at caseinterviewmath.com and go through the Look Over My Shoulder ® program? They were good enough to get through the recruiting process, but they had to force themselves through it.

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Social Hierarchy

CaseInterview.com

As I started recruiting for jobs, I discovered there was a hierarchy amongst professions (medical school, law school, investment banking, and consulting were "good"; consumer packaged goods and industrial companies were "bad") and a hierarchy amongst firms within an industry (McKinsey, BCG and Bain were "good"; other firms, less so).

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below).

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