Hi, I am totally unfamiliar with the concept of case interviews. I just got admitted for an MBA and I want to get into consulting? Where do I start and how to go on?

Hi,

The best thing you can do is to start preparing now, before the business school. Once you are there - you'll have no time for prep.

I would work on several topics:

1) Prepare your resume in advance (just to save some time later)

2) Star preparation for the cases before b-school. It is a very broad topic, but I will give you some advice:

• Time is the King. You'll need at least a month if you can prepare full-time. 3-4 months if you can't work on it systematically
• Feedback and coaching will save you time. Work with an expert here. An expert will give you the right knowledge.
• Practice cases with the other candidates to get the skill. Try to find the candidates with at least one real MBB consulting interview experience and 50+ cases solved. Ask for the cases from the real case interviews. Unfortunately, in the beginning, you'll have to solve the "Chicken and egg" problem in finding the experienced partners

3) 2-3 weeks before your interviews (or even earlier in case of MBA) start crafting your FIT stories. More details here:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/aprroach-to-practice-pei-fit-part-930#a1822

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-answers-how-long-should-i-speak-974#a1895

4) At school start attending all the consulting events, although I would not make too many bets on coffee chats. Here are some ideas re coffee chats:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/how-to-request-for-the-second-coffee-chat-1286#a2694

5) Find the classmates who were working in consulting before and would recommend you to the on-campus recruiting coordinator. More on the referral here (although in your case, it will be not an official referral, but recommendations from your ex-MBB classmates will significantly increase your chances):

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/what-is-a-referral-really-1103#a2129

Best of luck!

(editiert)