I'm new to case study interviews and have done a bit of research on WSO and on the web in general. Out of curiosity, how many frameworks did you learn for interviews?
I see that Victor Cheng has 4 frameworks while Case in Point has way more. Would you say that the 4 frameworks from VC are generally sufficient for case studies?
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Case in point is retarded and Victor Cheng is outdated (btw it is just kind of a 4C framework). Victor Cheng only has one framework that he applies to everything: you want to avoid doing this. Go through Cheng's framework once because it is clearer, but learn to break down each case in its component parts.
What other books/guides are good? How about the vault guide to consulting or crack the case?
I also heard about the Wharton MBA Case Interview Study Guide? Any feedback?
No frameworks is what worked for me. Learn a few, but just to understand the thought process and structure behind them. When you're not worried about sticking to a rigid framework, you have much more freedom to change things on the fly or adapt to new info from your interviewer. I once had a totally qualitative case interview, where none of the traditional frameworks were of any use.
Has anyone here paid for the mock interviews? with Victor Cheng or others? I'm thinking of signing up for one of these packages to practice cases for 4-6hrs. Are they useful? Any feedback would be appreciated.
I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard some really good things about PrepLounge. It doesn't seem to be too expensive either. I'll provide more feedback once I sign up (got a massive discount for participating in a case comp)
Here's an alternative: read /lots/ of frameworks from all sorts of sources (CiP, VC, casebooks). Eventually you'll see a bunch of similarities and you'll have a more abstract, "framework for frameworks".
For example, market entry, product entry, etc. all boil down to a business decision, which you can cover in 3 buckets:
I hit up that "framework" maybe 75% of the time in my interviews cause it generated a more specific framework for me.
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