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Hi all, 


I know it's a very stressful time for many of you right now, especially as you go into R1s and R2s. I was fortunate enough to receive an offer from an MBB, and a lot of my success was thanks to the WSO community over the past few months. For context, I case prepped for only a month (casing 9-12 hours a day for 39 days) and had four case interviews back to back (superday; R1 and R2 consolidated). It was definitely really stressful, and I had some really low moments due to the overwhelming stress, and I'd be more than happy to share some tips + advice I picked up along the way with this community! 

 
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Even if you don't want to case prep/meet virtually, please feel free to DM me with any questions you may have! I want to be helpful to this community in any way I can :) 

I will try my very best to get back to everyone as promptly as possible!

 

Likewise, I got an MBB offer recently and happy to help case if someone needs help. This is a great idea @legendspirit, thanks for doing this!

 

Hi,

It’s very nice of you doing this, thank you!

I’m just starting to learn about consulting and cases, and I’m still trying to get the hang of it through YouTube and reading books like Case in Point.

What I’m concerned about is having a good business intuition. I come from a technical background, and I believe I’m lacking in that part. How can I improve this quickly? Will it just get better while solving cases or is there anything else I can do?

Thanks again!

 

Take this with grain of salt, as I am recruiting right now and have upcoming MBB interviews but have not done them yet. I would say for me what helped to get general business knowledge is to read/skim through industry reports that MBB puts out. They have industry repots for every industry (consumer retail, technology, etc) and reading through these trends was beneficial for me to learn how they conduct their analysis, learn business jargon, and to get general industry knowledge

 

Hey there! Thanks for reaching out. The first response here is great ^ ; definitely go over the industry reports that MBB publicizes. I did this for at least thirty minutes a day for two weeks leading up to my interviews. I wouldn't rely too much on the practice cases to build your business intuition, as you're limiting yourself from all of the great resources out there. I recommend you sign up for daily newsletters (I personally really enjoy Morning Brew, Wall Street Journal The Markets, and Financial Times Unhedged). I also utilized Podcasts (McK has a great channel with relevant content) since they're very convenient and easily accessible. There are also great Youtube channels that post interesting topics that could help you in cases (I very much appreciate Modern MBA's content). The most important part of building business sense is to make sure you understand what you're intaking. If you come across a specific terminology or argument on any of these sources, regardless of how much you understand it, take a few minutes to Google it further and build that intuition organically. Genuine interest is what will solidify your business sense. There is no shortcut to this. 

If you don't have time for any of this and just need the quickest, most effortless option, I recommend you read the Wall Street Journal every morning. Don't focus so much on "hitting the mark" and trying to learn everything in a short period of time. Again, try to find genuine interest in what you're learning, and I promise you will have better business intuition before you realize it. 

Best of luck :) 

 

Thank you very much for all the tips! They are very helpful. I will make sure to check all the sources that you mentioned soon.

I want to ask though, which source did you find most helpful and spent most time reading/watching/listening to? Or was it an even mix of all of them?

Best of luck to you as well!

 

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