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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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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Using Case Interview Prep for Non-Consulting Offers

CaseInterview.com

Here area couple of success stories received from readers who used case interview preparation techniques for securing an offer outside of consulting. Success Story: I would like to share my positive experience of a business case interview, thanks to your website! I watched the videos first and found them amazing!

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How to rock a prepared case study for a consulting interview

Killer Consultant

The original question was: “How should I prepare and what should I notice when I get a case study sent to my email to be presented in and for a management consulting interview?” – sum it up in a short email (Bulleted list, reference point (e.g. The case uses fictional data anyways.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

M&A case framework. Now that you have a high-level understanding of why companies buy each other in the first place (refer to M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks ), let’s discuss the framework you should use to analyze the transaction. Firms typically look at four areas when working on M&A cases. The market.

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Note-Taking in a Case Interview

CaseInterview.com

Question: Thank you for creating the Case Interview Secrets videos and Look Over My Shoulder ® program. My question is related to note-taking during the interview. What I am struggling with is keeping up with the interviewer, and still trying to note down key facts. Some information is more important than others.

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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

Inevitably in any job, internship, or graduate school interview, you will hear these words. Consequently, these types of questions are referred to as “Experiential Questions”. While these questions might seem easier compared to that of business case study questions, correctly preparing for them requires just as much preparation.