Healthcare consulting coach

Generic case prep won't cut it at a healthcare boutique. What wins is sector depth: knowing how healthcare commercial logic works, not just how consulting frameworks look. Most candidates at your stage have the structure. What they're missing is credibility inside the room.

Here's what that means in practice:

• Healthcare guesstimates run on incidence rates, payer mix, bed capacity, and reimbursement logic, not generic estimation tricks
• Cases at boutique firms go into medtech commercialization, hospital cost structures, pharma pricing, and public health efficiency, not standard profitability trees
• Specialist interviewers immediately spot candidates applying generic frameworks to sector-specific prompts

What I'd cover with you in two weeks: live healthcare cases calibrated to Scandinavian boutique style, sector-specific guesstimates with full debrief, domain vocabulary that signals genuine familiarity, and targeted feedback on structure and precision under pressure.

Let me know if you would like my support

Great that you’re preparing early — two weeks is a very solid runway, especially if you already have the basics down.

For a healthcare-focused boutique, the difference is usually not core casing mechanics, but industry nuance and realism. A few things I’d recommend prioritizing:

1. Understand the healthcare ecosystem (especially in Sweden/EU)

Make sure you’re comfortable with:

• Public vs private payers
• Reimbursement mechanisms
• Role of regulators
• Hospital vs primary care dynamics
• Pharma vs medtech vs provider business models

Boutiques often expect you to show awareness of how the system actually works — not just generic “revenue = price × volume.”

2. Practice healthcare-specific guesstimates

Examples you should feel comfortable with:

• Estimating number of patients with a specific condition
• Market size for a new drug or medical device
• Capacity of a hospital department
• Cost impact of reducing readmissions

The key is to:

• Clearly define the patient population
• Apply incidence/prevalence logic
• Think through adoption rates and reimbursement

Structure matters more than perfect medical knowledge.

3. Be comfortable with uncertainty and regulation

Healthcare cases often hinge on:

• Clinical effectiveness
• Regulatory approval timelines
• Pricing pressure from payers
• Ethical constraints

If you proactively mention risks like reimbursement cuts or slow procurement cycles, you’ll stand out.

4. Keep your structuring sharp

Even in healthcare cases, the fundamentals still apply:

• Market attractiveness
• Competitive positioning
• Unit economics
• Risks

Industry insight should enhance structure, not replace it.

If you’d like to do a few focused healthcare cases or guesstimate drills before your interview, I’m experienced in solving healthcare cases and would be very happy to help you sharpen that edge.

It's an excellent move to focus on healthcare-specific guesstimates and cases for a Swedish boutique firm. You're absolutely on the right track with your preparation strategy.

For specialized boutiques, the interview process often goes beyond generic frameworks. They're keen to see if you can think like one of their consultants, meaning your cases will likely mirror their actual client work—addressing specific healthcare system challenges, regulatory impacts, or market dynamics within their niche. Your guesstimates will also likely be very industry-specific, perhaps segmenting patient populations or market sizing for a particular medical technology in Europe. They're assessing both your practical industry knowledge and how logically you structure assumptions relevant to their world.

My advice: research their firm's specific projects and any published insights thoroughly to anticipate case themes. For practice, aim to work with someone who has hands-on healthcare consulting experience, as they can provide targeted feedback on your industry-specific assumptions and problem structuring.

Hope it helps with your final brush-up!