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Case Interviews via Video Conference

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Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. While video conference case interviews weren’t unheard of before, they are much more common right now. It allows the interviewer to see and hear you clearly. Technical Setup. Handling a Bad Connection.

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Ask these Six Questions in a Case Interview

Tom Spencer

One of the most difficult tasks in a case interview is to ask the right questions at the beginning of the case. As a result, this don’t really help them to solve the case. However, the goal of the questions must be to scope the subsequent structure and tailor it exactly to the case at hand.

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Case Interviews via Video Conference

CaseInterview.com

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. While video conference case interviews weren’t unheard of before, they are much more common right now. It allows the interviewer to see and hear you clearly. Technical Setup. Handling a Bad Connection.

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Case Interview Example: Estimation Question

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The process and rational I use to answer this specific estimation question can be used as a template to practice answering other estimation questions as you prepare for case interviews. The interviewer's evaluation in this type of question is in assessing the approach you took, not necessarily the specific answer you gave.

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The Right Attitude for Case Interviews

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Email: My success is really your success at case preparation. Preparation: - LOMS and McKinsey's Problem Solving Test for the case studies (four weeks). Personally, I found the best case interviews [ in LOMS ] to be the most helpful. This understanding gave me confidence and peace during the interview process.

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Examples of Concluding Your Case Interview (Part II)

Tom Spencer

This article focuses on how to conclude well in your case interview. What I’m going to do in this post is to give two examples of conclusions to the same case interview: one okay conclusion and one great conclusion. He’s also an avid traveller with passion for FinTech, marathon, and blogging. Okay Conclusion.

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Compare and Contrast of Concluding Your Case Interview (Part III)

Tom Spencer

This article looks at concluding your case interview well. I truly hope these articles help you succeed in case interviews and win the job you truly hope for. Right after the restatement of the client question, the conclusion reads “here is my recommendation…” What this does is it primes the interviewers.