Hi there,

My first reaction is that you are taking a quantity over qualitty approach. This is bound to fail.

15 cases in 2 weeks is too many. 65 cases last year is too many. You are hitting your casing "American Style"...i.e. throwing resources at it and taking a purely quantity approach.

You need to prepare smarter.

You need to think about what aspects of Crafting Case and CaseCoach you need. All your "percent split" and "what videos" and "maximize resource" questions are dependent on the individual! Different approaches work for different people.

Now, if you can afford Crafting Case and CaseCoach, I think you can afford a coach. There is no better route for seeing rapid, real results, than hiring a personal trainer (especially after you've already tried the "go it alone" approach). Please do yourself a favor and interview a few coaches here to find that one that will really unlock your abilities!

I used all three CraftingCases courses and they were all excellent. They helped me get my MBB offer and were much more useful than doing tons of cases with other applicants, because we all had no idea what we were doing (of course!). Even though I didn't get any market sizing questions, the market sizing course and drills helped me with structuring using issue trees, dealing with rounding, and overall making me more confident and prepared for the interviews. I recommend the free fundamentals course to everyone who I feel would benefit from it.

The courses are about much more than watching videos; pause after the questions, do the drills, and review your answers compared to the provided ones afterwards. After taking the courses, you can be more efficient with your partner practice because you can focus on the areas where you need any more improvement (if you aren't there yet after doing the course drills). I did very few cases after taking the courses, but I improved much faster with the courses than when I did 50+ cases prior to taking them.

You clearly know what the process and mechanics of a case is. These courses should get you the rest of the way there if you pay attention to why you're doing these things and how to phrase/organize your answers, that should help you a lot.

Good luck!

Hello!

It seems you are putting a lot of time and effort into this. I think that 15 cases in the last 2 weeks is a very good phase, since it´s one daily, so not too much -particularly taking into consideration that you re dedicated full time-.

The materials you mention are indeed very good, the only problem is that they are quite "standard", and not tailored to you and your own mistakes. Have you considered having a coaching call?

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Hey there!

You should focus more on the quality of the solved cases than on the quantity. If you are solving them that fast - master your presentation, structure etc. It's not less important!

Look for a partner among the community, here on PL. Working together with somebody will help you to understand how to maximize your profit from the solved cases and improve your skills.

If you have any doubts or questions - reach out!

GB

Hey, a very short and direct advice to you is to practice with people/friends/peers who are experienced in cases and/or are former/current consultants, if you dont want to invest in Coach yet. Practicing alone (cases) is not going to get you far.

All the best.

This will clearly not work. If you done 80 cases and are not consistent, I would believe that this is not for you. However, I do agree that a coaching session could be valuable for you as they could more professionaly do the diagnostics on your performance.

Time to get a job!