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Case Interviews: When to Be Creative

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Question: I have been following your blog at CaseInterview.com and using your video for my case interview practice. I did exactly this in one management consulting interview and got dinged -- the biggest feedback I received was I lacked creativity (which I intentionally suppressed to make sure that I was not jumping around).

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What is a Case Interview?

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What you will learn: Learn the basics of a case interview – what it is, how they are different from a regular job interview, who uses them, why they are used, and the types of case interview formats and the difference between them. Topics Covered: What is a Case Interview? What is a Case Interview?

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Identifying Key Drivers in a Case Interview

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One of the nuanced skills that I'm noticing some people having difficulty with is the ability to identify the "key drivers" behind a particular business trend. Mastering this skill is not only important in a case interview but is arguably far more important after the case interview -- when you are doing real client work.

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Business Acumen in Case Interviews

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I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. And how do I improve on this aspect of the case? analytical, i.e. structuring of a problem. quantitative.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

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Trend Analysis. Case Against The Fed. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. EW Trends and Charts. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. Global Economic.

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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

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Trend Analysis. Case Against The Fed. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. EW Trends and Charts. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Sales dropped 2.2 Retail Sales vs. Last Year.

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Each Firm's Favorite Cases

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A reader sent me an email asking if there was a pattern or trend to what kind of case problems are given by each firm? So, does BCG give M&A questions while McKinsey gives business cases? My answer is the cases you get are all over the place and there's no pattern that I've ever seen or heard about.