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Hi Dionne,

Welcome to the community!

This site is for helping people prepare their interview with consulting firms. I suggest you the following:

1). Start by browsing the free materials under resources, where you can find very good introductory documents on each step of the interview process

2). Start set up meetings with other candidates who are also preparing for their interview. You can easily find their availability under case partner section

3). Once you've practiced around 15 cases, you can start browsing profiles of the coaches who can help you bring your skills to the next level

Very high level introduction. If you need more specifics, feel free to send me a message :) 

Hi Dionne,

Welcome to the site!

The navigation bar on the left hand side of your screen is your friend! Here's what I find most useful about the site (and what you should use):

Find Case Partners (like you):

https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-interview-partner.php

Find a Coach to support you:

 https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-interview-experts.php

Cases for you to study/use:

 https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases

Preplounge Bootcamp:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/bootcamp.php

Learning Tools:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop#tests-2

https://www.preplounge.com/en/mental-math

Welcome to PrepLounge!

Feel free to use the breadth of resources at your disposal.

Case library, interactive tools, drills, peers willing to do cases with you, coaches to guide you in the right direction etc. etc.

Let us know what are your targets and that can allow us to give you more detailed guidance. Which consulting companies are you targeting, what is your timeline, what is your profile, what is your motivation, etc. etc.

Hi Dionne,

Welcome to PrepLounge! There are many resources available for you here, including a large case library, peers and coaches to practice cases with, articles and insider tips about the recruiting process, and lots of web-based tools targeted towards specific parts of case prep (e.g. mental math tool, brain teaser questions).

If you are new to consulting interview prep, here's how I'd recommend getting started with this side:

1) Start by learning about the case interview and common case frameworks. The BootCamp contains some useful articles on cracking the case interview, though you can also use other resources (e.g. common ones include Case In Point and Case Interview Secrets). Read through some cases from the Case Library and try to understand how the frameworks are adapted and applied in each case.

2) Once you have an understanding of what solving a case involves, start practicing! Practicing with another person is vastly more effective than reading cases by yourself, and this is where PrepLounge can be super helpful. You can find a Case Partner to run through cases with you, or work with a coach to get some expert feedback and quickly get up to speed. Coaches can also help with cover letter and/or resume review.

3) Once you've practiced several cases and have a better sense of your strengths and weaknesses in the process, I would try to target those using the Interactive Tools that PrepLounge offers. For instance, if you want to improve the speed and accuracy of your math, you could try out the Mental Math tool, or use the Brain Teaser tool to become more comfortable with those types of questions.

4) Don't neglect fit interview prep! Once again, the BootCamp has some useful guides on how best to approach those questions, and you can practice them with case partners and coaches, or using the Stress Questions tool.

This is my quick general overview of PrepLounge, but there are plenty of more resources available for other steps of the recruiting process such as networking or problem-solving tests if you need them. Feel free to message me for any more details on any of this!