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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. The objective of the chart is to help you drive the case forward by approving or disapproving your hypothesis of the business problem. Not practicing basic case interview mathematics.

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When to Seek Help from a Coach for Case Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case coaching is an industry of its own. It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. It can be a tough decision as the price point for case coaching can be very high (10x more than the average hourly wage in the US).

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COVID-19 Economic Recovery & Metrics

CaseInterview.com

Second, I ask for specific metrics from their business. This is how you can tell what’s working and not working in the business. This is how you solve problems in many fields. There’s a big debate going on right now about when and how to reopen the economy. I’ll give you two examples from the medical field.

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An Insider’s Look at The Case Interview Scoring System

Management Consulted

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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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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Consulting Case Anatomy – A Simple Breakdown

Management Consulted

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Keep it Simple

CaseInterview.com

Below is a question I received from a candidate about a specific case given to them, and my response about how to keep it simple. If you fail one case, you are dinged automatically. If that’s the case, you can be sure that a client would also get stuck trying to follow your explanation.