Recently did case study for p72 academy(for 2026 grads). Thought it was really hard and felt pretty under equipped to tackle it but did my best. Think I objectively did a solid job and thought my write up was pretty good but the model definitely wasn’t great and my assumptions weren’t good. How good does it have to be to progress to the next round?
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If your assumptions weren't good, how is the write-up good?
In any case, it varies; the assumptions are an area they can stress test you in the following interviews
ngl they don’t take many grads outside of intern converts - prob less than 10 worldwide so it’s gonna be ropes
Have you received the HR interview?
Nah I haven’t heard anything. Have you?
same here. I submitted mine on 21 May
"my assumptions weren’t good" so basically your model is worthless. expect a ding
I sent the case study on the 16th and heard back 2 weeks after with a rejection
Was that for the grad program or experienced professionals
Grad
The answer is “as good as you possibly can make it in your current capacity”.
When I was interviewing for the buyside, and I got a case study, I’d usually get the case Friday night after work, jam friday night until 11pm, then wake up 7am next day and repeat 7am to 11pm with a lunch and dinner break, and repeat all the way until Monday morning when the case was due. AKA try your hardest.
Then when I say “in your current capacity” this is about your prep for the case. For all of my cases I tried equally as hard, but for the first 2-3 I was focusing on the wrong things and as a result got dinged. After speaking with mentors and getting a sense for “what mattered” then I was able to nail a case and get an offer.
I guess what I’m saying is you need to try as hard as you can in every single case you do, and then if you’re still getting dinged, you need to try harder and the correct things. Anything less than trying 110% at the right things makes it tough to get a job in this industry given how competitive it is. Keep your head up, you’ll get other shots.
Fuck that, you guys are way more dedicated than I am.
I got through. Tips from my side are looking at a predictor for topline (some indicator that has correl) and building thr model in a way that you can apply assumptions to the key kpis that the company reports quarterly
How long after case did you hear back?
Week and a half
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