Hi Waleed,
I helped several candidates for the Dubai office, compared with other geographies besides standard cases you will find:
Please feel free to PM me if you need more support.
Hope this helps,
Francesco
Clear answer for MBB firms is yes!
Cheers, Sidi
Francesco and Sidi just gave apparently conflicting answers... they are both right though. Let me explain:
1. In general, the actual type of case really doesn't matter: we judge you on your case interviewing skills more than on the actual industry-specific knowledge
2. There really are very few differences between cases from various industries, most problematics really are the same
3. Once you join a firm, you will be able to transfer from office to office; in some (BCG especially), you will even be staffed on a wide variety of projects the first few years to build your skills independently of the industry & vertical
4. Having said all of that - some offices have more work in a particular space than others. In the middle east, there are indeed more projects in the government and Oil&Gas spaces. So you would be right to expect more interview cases along those lines
5. I / we still suggest you focus mostly on the actual case skills, since they are portable and will get you ready for any type of case. Actually focusing on a specific industry may be useful if you are applying to an expert position, but is usually self-defeating and very counter productive for the vast, vast majority of applicants we see on this platform
tl;dr: don't worry about the "type" of cases, focus on being able to crack the general cases first.
Dear Waleed,
Mostly yes, but there is a little specification of Government related projects and market sizing.
AT COVID times it might be added cases on restructurisation and digitisations.
I have helped sevelal mentees to get the offers in the Middle East, so if you need any help, advice or insights, feel free to reach out.
Best,
André
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