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How to Use The Case Interview Basics for Your Preparation
Get an overview
Learn the basics
Solve some cases
Practice with peers
Interview First Aid
Get ready for your case interview with our Starter's Guide to Case Interview Prep. Learn everything you need to crack the case and start a career in consulting.
How to Start The Case Interview Preparation
Conduct Mock Interviews with Peers and Coaches
Find out how to crack any case in your consulting job interview with our Case Interview Basics. We help you to get ready for a career as top consultant!
Preparation for Case Studies
Approaching a Case
Interviewer-Led vs Candidate-Led Cases
Note-taking in Case Interviews
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Personal Fit Interview
Key Questions in the Personal Fit Interview
Get ready for online assessments such as the McKinsey Imbellus Game, BCG Online Case or Bain Sova Test during your interview in consulting.
BCG Online Case
McKinsey Imbellus Game
Bain Sova Test
Pymetrics Game Assessment
Case Cracking
Identifying your case type is the first and most crucial step to ace your case interview. Learn how to crack consulting cases with our Case Interview Basics.
Market Sizing
Market Entry
Profitability Cases
Growth Strategy
M&A Cases
Competitive Response
Pricing
Valuation
Brainteaser
Use the best consulting techniques to structure your thoughts and ace your case interview. Learn how to crack consulting cases in our Case Interview Basics
Issue Tree
MECE Principle
Pyramid Principle
Porter's Five Forces
4C Framework
4P Framework
2x2 Matrices and the BCG Matrix
The Stacey Matrix
Influence Model
ADKAR Model
McKinsey Growth Pyramid
Practice the basics like math skills and reading data charts to ace your case interview. Learn how to crack cases in our Case Interview Basics!
Charts and Data in Case Interviews
Why Math Matters
Math Skills Required in Case Interviews
Fast Math
Important Facts
Correlation and Causality
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
ROI and ROAS
Business Concepts
Our case interview basics will teach you everything you need to know about case interviews.
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