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    Case interviews are commonly used by management consulting firms and other strategic roles to evaluate a candidate's problem-solving, quantitative, and qualitative skills. The interviews involve discussing a business scenario or case study provided by the interviewer. Successful preparation requires practicing a structured approach, developing business acumen, and honing math and communication skills. When seeking a case interview coach, it is important to self-evaluate one's background and goals, schedule mock interviews to receive feedback, take detailed notes during and after sessions, and continually practice incorporating the feedback into future mock interviews.

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    Case interviews are commonly used by management consulting firms and other strategic roles to evaluate a candidate's problem-solving, quantitative, and qualitative skills. The interviews involve discussing a business scenario or case study provided by the interviewer. Successful preparation requires practicing a structured approach, developing business acumen, and honing math and communication skills. When seeking a case interview coach, it is important to self-evaluate one's background and goals, schedule mock interviews to receive feedback, take detailed notes during and after sessions, and continually practice incorporating the feedback into future mock interviews.

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    Case interviews are commonly used by management consulting firms and other strategic roles to evaluate a candidate's problem-solving, quantitative, and qualitative skills. The interviews involve discussing a business scenario or case study provided by the interviewer. Successful preparation requires practicing a structured approach, developing business acumen, and honing math and communication skills. When seeking a case interview coach, it is important to self-evaluate one's background and goals, schedule mock interviews to receive feedback, take detailed notes during and after sessions, and continually practice incorporating the feedback into future mock interviews.

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    Case Interview Prep

    What is Case Interviews, Who Uses Case


    Interviews and Why?
    • Case interviews have always been a part of management consulting interviews.
    Nowadays, also marketing, strategy, operations, or retail positions tend to use
    similar formats because they are a great tool to probe the quantitative and
    qualitative skills of an applicant. It allows interviewers to get a deeper insight
    into how you present yourself as a candidate and apply the limited amount of
    information given to you.
    • The topics and themes handled in most cases reflect conditions close to the
    reality of the day-to-day activities of a consultancy. It requires the applicant to ask
    the right questions, apply structured frameworks, and think outside-the-box.
    • Due to the scenario setup in a case interview it is also a test of general business
    acumen. Business acumen is an important foundation to maintain effective
    strategy recommendations.
    What Are the Skills Required in a Case
    Interview?
    • Problem-Solving Skills 
    • Creativity and Business Sense Skills 
    • Structure 
    • Math Skills 
    • Communication Skills 
    Successful Case Prep Tips
    • Learn the theory
    • Gradually develop your business intuition
    • Bring your mental math up to speed
    • Practice makes perfect
    • Get support from experts
    • Learn and keep track of your progress
    • Don’t forget about the behavioral questions
    • Practice confidence
    • Take breaks and reflect
    Case Interview Flow
    • Listen actively and take notes
    • Restate the question
    • Clarify the objectives and identify the problem
    • Write out your structure/framework
    • State your hypothesis
    • Think out loud
    • Gather more data in order to test your hypothesis
    • Dig deeper while staying structured
    • Choose a recommendation
    • Stand by your conclusion but ready to take feedback and improve yours
    How to prepare the best for
    mentoring sessions
    Get the basics
    • Jumping right into coaching sessions when you have not even started
    your case prep, yet, can be a waste of your money and time.
    Therefore, it is important that you get the basics first. This means
    you should work through solving some case on your own and practice
    them with other case partners.
    • After a few rounds, it can already make sense to schedule your first
    coaching session, so you do not head in the wrong direction.
    However, it depends on you. The value of a case coach is to help you
    get from a good level to reach an exceptional level.
    Evaluate your situation
    Before you start looking for a case interview coach, it is important that you know and
    can explain to him or her briefly your needs. You should have a clear understanding of
    your background and goals, so the coach can decide if he or she is the right fit for you.
     This means you should define:
    • What is your background? Do you have a business background and work
    experience? 
    • How much time do you have until your interview and which companies are you
    applying to? What is your target firm?
    • How far along are you with your preparation? How many cases have you solved
    with how many different candidates?
    • Do you already have some specific problems in mind (e.g. structure, brainstorming,
    personal fit) that you would like to focus on during your session?
    Schedule your first coaching session and
    develop a game plan with your coach
    • One-size-fits-all does neither work for frameworks during your case
    interview nor concerning your coaching session. Defining a tailored
    approach for you and your needs, lays an important base and helps
    make your coaching session most effective. Let your coach know what
    is important to you at the beginning of your first session.
    • Then go through an initial mock interview, so your coach can assess
    your level, help you evaluate what your weaknesses are and decide
    how much work needs to be done.
    Take detailed notes during and especially
    after the coaching session
    • Listen carefully and write down the important points and
    feedback your coach lets you know during your session.
    • After finishing the call, take some time to write down in detail what
    you have learned during the session. This will be a useful tool to
    evaluate your progress when you put your feedback into practice.
    Put your feedback into practice
    • Doing mock interviews with other partners helps you to put the
    feedback your coach has given you into practice. So, this is definitely
    something you should be doing after your first (and other) coaching
    sessions. Plus, it helps you to get into the perspective of the interviewer
    and to pay close attention to what is important during an interview.
    • After each mock interview, again, take notes based on the feedback you
    have been given by your case partner. Also, write down other things
    you noticed that will help you to increase your performance. You
    should collect these learnings along with your prep and always keep
    reading them before and after each practice session.
    Some resources for case preps:
    • McKinsey website:
    https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/interviewing/getting-ready-for-your-i
    nterviews
    • BCG website: https://careers.bcg.com/case-prep
    • Bain website: https://www.bain.com/careers/interview-prep/case-library/
    • Business school case books, for example (can google different schools and
    different years):
    • https://economics.virginia.edu/sites/economics.virginia.edu/files/Darden%20Case
    %20Book%202018-2019.pdf
    .
    • https://careerinconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6.-Wharton-Casebo
    ok-2017.pdf

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