Oliver Wyman FS First Round Interview (Sophomore)
I have a first round OCR interview coming up for OW Financial Services Summer Intern Consultant. I am a sophomore though and haven't prepared for case interviews at all yet. Is there any chance they will go easier on me because I'm a sophomore? If not whats your best advice for cramming? the interview is in a week
They will not go easier on you, if anything they will be harder on you because it makes a lot more sense for them to hire a junior for a summer intern. Read Case in Point and prepare. You have plenty of time, if you really want the position start working for it.
When I interviewed with OW FS (back in 2010; I received an offer from them), its interviews were quite different from a conventional case interview. The interviews were not structured at all and were more of a discussion on some quantitative topics than a case interview, which tends to follow a more rigid format. As a result, I don't think you actually can / need to prep for OW - just be well rested and alert on the day of the interview.
thanks for the advice both of you. i dont consider a week "plenty of time" but i will try to do as much as i can before the interview! is it really less of a case interview? i hope youre right!
A week to read a 200 page book is not plenty of time?
Honestly a week is not plenty of time. Reading a book does not prepare you for a case interview. Studying the book, practicing doing mocks and going back to the the first 40 pages or so of Case in Point does. Are there people that prepare for that long or even a shorter period of time and get an offer? Yes. Does that mean that it is the ideal thing to do and is plenty of time? No.
Even if you don't do cases every day, studying over a longer period of time allows you to really integrate what you are learning and acquire the mindset necessary to do well at cases. All of this is, however, besides the point. OP, you need to reach out to people that know the company and get their advice on how to prepare. In the meantime read Case in Point or a similar casebook. Maybe the previous poster that got an offer knows someone there? Look around.
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