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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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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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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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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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Cascade of Errors

CaseInterview.com

It refers to a sequence of errors that compound each other and results in an adverse outcome for patients. This is one of the reasons that I insist on my clients tracking their key performance indicator metrics. It turns out that the concept of an error cascade is also used in the medical field.

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The 5 KPIs I track for my work and life

Rod Burkert

In case you missed my last post: Why BVFLS pricing is cratering (not for all, but for many). The major cost in my valuation practice is reference and research subscriptions. What are the metrics you faithfully track? I track profit, both as an absolute dollar amount and as a percentage of my revenue. 4 – Focus days.

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How will AI transform strategic planning?

Tom Spencer

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the autonomous intelligent behaviour of software or machines that have a human-like ability to make decisions and to improve over time by learning from experience. While most of us have heard of the term “AI” we only know it on a superficial level. What is AI? The proliferation of corporate data (e.g.,

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