Hello, I have been invited to Deloitte consultancy PMO Human Capital assessment center and need some help :)

Question

The assessment center is broken into 1hour business case presentation (done alone and presentation to be created) + 1 hour business case interview (based on powerpoint completed) + written exercise + senior interview.

Does anyone have any material or experience with the business case interview of this kind?

Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated!

M

Answer 1

Hi there,

Happy to help! I've helped a number of candidates on written cases across a number of firms (not just consultancies including Deloitte, but CPG companies, ride-hailing and food delivery companies, etc.)

As a result, I have a pretty nice "treasure trove" of real written case prompts :)

Answer 2

Hi,

You'll be given a bunch of materials (Articles. P&Ls, company info, etc.) which you have to analyze and make a presentation (written or on the whiteboard). All the inputs will be inside and you'll have to select the most relevant ones.

Here I've uploaded some written case samples here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zor4m49eyx5qxal/AABeUN6mtiGkWhEklRjszX2Oa?dl=0 (PM me for a password)

The best way to prepare is the following:

Prepare for a regular case interview - it helps a lot. Basically, prep lounge website is about it
Practice reading cases fast and prioritizing the information. I found useful two sources:

Written cases you'll be able to find in google or in case books. I've seen a couple in "Vault Guide to the Case Interview" and "Insead Business Admission Test"
Harvard cases - either buy or try to find online. You can find a couple of MIT cases here for free: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/Pages/Case-Studies.aspx Unfortunately free cases don't have the prep questions.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Hello!

You can find many many examples here in the Q&A.

Look for the keyword "written case", there is plenty.

Hope it helps!

Answer 4

Hey, happy to help. Please feel free to send me a personal message with details (presentation topic etc) and we can organise a session.

Answer 5

Hi ,
case preparation will be the classical one with 2 additional points to focus on:

80-20 prioritization: quickly navigate an important amount of data to find what really matters to the case resolution;
Executive summary: develop 1-2 pages to present that sum-up the problem and your recommendations.

I have a couple of well done written cases, feel free to text me for sharing.

Best

Antonello

Answer 6

Hi there!

Basically, to prepare you can use some mock potential test for Bain, BCG, PST (McKinsey), or GMAT, and after every test just look into a solution to see where you have gone wrong. 3-4 mock test it would be enough for you to prepare for the potential test.

Here there are 3 fresh real-live MBB Cases from different offices in the Library. Try to solve them, I think, they will be very useful for you!

For Beginner level:

Laundry Chain – Revenue Increase

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/beginner/laundry-chain-revenue-increase-215

For Intermediate level:

Grain Co-operative – Brand Launch

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/intermediate/grain-co-operative-brand-launch-217

For Advanced level/the real one and used for final rounds:

Non-Profit Museum Revenue Increase

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/advanced/mbb-final-round-case-non-profit-museum-revenue-increase-219

Have you tried to solve them?

What do you think - do you have any questions?

GB

Do you need any further help?

All the best,

GB