Consulting is a 'people skills' specialty and Case Interviews, in general, involve 2 humans: Communicating. Interacting. Any ideas on how to increase a candidate's likability to the interviewer? (so he can have an edge over the other candidates)

I have consulting interviews coming up, and urgently need mental math prep. Can anyone suggest online (free) resources I can use to pick up my terrible mental math skills? What math strategies are helpful to acing the math part of the consulting interviews?

Other advice on mental math prep is welcome.

Hey guys,

I'm prepping for case interviews and am looking for partners to practice w/. If you're also practicing case interviews, this is a great opportunity for us to help each other out.

Feel free to PM me and we can setup something over Skype. If you're in the NYC area, we can do in person too.

Look forward to hearing from you all & best of luck for everyone going into FT recruiting next month.

Hi!

I'm preparing for (management) consulting interviews (Oliver Wyman, Bain & BCG) and I'm looking for a partner (ideally preparing for interviews just like me) to practise over Skype.

Anyone interested please contact me by email: [email protected]

Thanks!

Pretty straightforward question that I think might provoke some interesting discussion. At the top consulting firms, who has more to prove: analysts/associates hired straight out of undergrad, or consultants hired out of business school? (For this discussion, let's consider new hires who neither interned nor worked full-time at the firm before business school.)

It seems that at most firms, the A's and C's go through similar training, and in many cases, both share the same consulting inexperience. It seems to me there's more downside risk that A's will say something really stupid in front of a client because of their likely lack of work experience. It also seems less likely that A's would have practical experience or expertise they could immediately contribute to a case team.

Dear all,

I am recently invited to do a powerday at Capital One headquarters in Richmond, VA for their principal operations analyst position. The interview I have is within a week time, so any inputs will be greatly appreciated.

I have taken their online verbal and numerical assessments and passed. But from what I read in the email that the recruiter had sent me, it sounded like I have to take another on site assessment for verbal and numerical on top of the behavioral and case interviews. Is that right?

Hi everyone!

I have case interviews coming up for most major strategy consulting companies (first one in 3 weeks). I am just about to start collecting all materials, which study materials/books etc have you been using??

It would be great to get all your opinions, I will go through all of them!

Thanks in advance,

Hi all,

I'm a junior in college applying to summer programs at consulting firms, and I'm just curious as to how in depth I need to go into in terms of studying for the case. I have "Case in Point" and have glanced at Victor Cheng's website, and was wondering to what extent I need to master the frameworks for summer internship interviews (for undergraduates).

From just glancing at the material it seems like they're targeting more the business school crowd, and I was curious as to the difference between undergrad cases vs. b-school cases. For those who have gone through the recruiting process for summer internships, could you please comment on the difficulty/nature of the cases, as well as what you did in advance to prepare for them?

Thanks!

MBB interviews coming up...

Anyone wanna practice cases over the phone? I don't wanna bomb like I did last year...
PM me

Last year, as a junior at a target school, I already had an undergraduate research grant lined up for the summer when a few of my friends suggested I apply for some consulting summer internships. I applied at the last minute and did first round interviews at Mck, Bain, BCG. I didn't prepare at all, and they did not go well.

After doing my own research project I realize that academia is not for me. I've gotten much more serious about full time recruiting, have been preparing, practicing cases, etc.. Will they hold my failure against me when I apply start applying this fall?

Doing practice cases w/ friends. Read Consentino.

Interviews are in a few days.

Is casequestions.com worth the $50?

Any other advice is greatly appreciated.

Ok. So I am getting ready for the fit questions, I have fun having guesstimates at random times in my day, and I know that I have to practice, practice, practice cracking cases.

So far so good. I have several pdfs with dozens of cases on my desktop, and a smart and motivated friends who is willing to practice with me.

What are the best resources to use in preparing for case interviews? I am currently studying the Vault Guide to the Case Interview...is there anything else I should be doing? I am an engineering student with little business background and I am worried about not being prepared enough.

My target firms are: Deloitte, Accenture, ZS Associates, Huron Consulting, Navigant and Bain (a reach). These firms will be conducting on-campus interviews this fall. Does anyone know if there are be case components in these interviews?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.