How to maintain MBB casing level for interviews that's 3-4 months away

Hi there,

First of all, congratulations on the invitation!

I would be happy to share my thoughts on your question:

• Contrary to what other coaches have said, I would strongly advise you to stop preparing for at least 1-2 months. Typically, people prepare for a total of 1-2 months, and you will resume at a much higher level. There's no reason to make your life harder on purpose.

You can find more on this topic here: How to succeed in the final interview round.

If you would like a more detailed discussion on how to best prepare for your upcoming interviews, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.

Best

Hagen

It’s a great question!

I would definitely scale back on the practice. It can indeed be quite exhausting if you’re doing this daily and can actually become a hindrance to your development. Two things I would suggest:

1. Limit your practice to 2-3 times a week at most - if you have a case partner, considering doing a mock case interview just once a week to keep the muscles strong. Again, no set rule so if you end up doing a mock case once in two weeks, it’s not the end of the rule

2. Also, pull up an excel and plan out how you will ramp up again on practicing as you get closer to the interview dates. You can do this on a weekly basis so every week, you know what your target is in terms of how many live cases, drills you want to do etc.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out if you need help again later down the line.

Hi,

If I were in your shoes, I’d take a one-month break to fully step away from the interview mindset and recharge. The process can be mentally exhausting, and you don’t want to spend the next few months constantly thinking about it. Focus on the present and whatever task is in front of you now.

After a month, you can gradually ease back into casing and build up to full speed about a month before your interviews.

When you do get back, I strongly recommend casing with someone new and experienced, ideally a coach. It can really help you hit the ground running and build momentum.

Happy to be that person if you’d like! Feel free to reach out anytime.

Best,

Joel

Hi,

If you reached already the right level to get the offer, I would slow down the practice to 1 case every week the next 2-3 months and accelerate again to 2-3 cases every week the month before the interview.

Good luck!

Mattijs

At this stage, shift to lighter, focused practice:

• Do 1 mini drill per day (e.g., quick structure or math prompt)
• Review past cases to sharpen patterns
• Practice mental recap (e.g., “How would I approach X?”) during walks or breaks
• Rest 1–2 days per week to stay fresh

Consistency > intensity now. Stay sharp without overdoing it.

Hi,

I'd suggest two things which helped me (i started in Dec, but my interview was in Feb).

Use excel to track: Make sure you've covered:

• The types of questions e.g. P&L revenue growth, P&L cost decreases, Market sizing geographical entry
• Industries e.g telecoms, education
• Have a columns to track: Cases, Case difficulty, source, who you cased with, how did you do, date
• Use this to clearly identify and track your weak areas and strengths

Create review docs for yourself (so you can flip through these on your downtime)

• Track all your frameworks
• The maths equations you've been using and the ones you find diffuclt 

I'd recommend in the last two weeks you do not do any new content - review, go over the cases you struggled with. Case interviews are not meant to trick and trip you up - they're mostly straight foreward.

Happy to chat and good luck!

That's a great question. 

First of all, see if there's a way to move the interviews sooner. 

If not, then have a slot in the calendar on a weekly basis when you have 'maintenance' practice, just so you maintain your abilities. And then when you get close to the interviews, you can ramp up again. 

If you self-assess as being already at a good level, then going daily practice for the next 4 months is likely indeed to lead to frustration and potentially burnout. 

You could consider also getting expert feedback after doing a baseline case. This way you get a clear sense of where you are and what you need to work on.

Best,
Cristian

You can stop for a while. But if you practice a couple of cases per week you will be able to sustain or even keep progressing regarding your case performance.

Definitely take a break!

Then, when you're a month or two out, you can ramp up your practice again. It won't take you long to dust off the cobwebs.