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Can anyone recommend good German casebooks?

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New answer on Feb 27, 2024
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Amesha
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asked on Feb 24, 2024
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Gero
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replied on Feb 24, 2024
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Hi Amesha,

Honestly: Not really.

I find that ‚The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview‘ is the only case book that offers a really thoughtful solid preparation for contemporary interviews. 

When it comes to German books, I can recommend the less well-known ‚Step by Step ins Consulting‘ for a pragmatic intro to case prep. It is minimalistic. Great for practice-oriented learners, but for theory-oriented learners the first book is more useful due to the exhaustive coverage of all relevant topics.

Hope that helps!

Best,

Gero

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Thomas replied on Feb 24, 2024
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Benjamin
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replied on Feb 24, 2024
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Hi,

Are you applying for MBB/T2 management consulting firms? If so, then German specific is not really as critical.

  • At MBB, at least one or two rounds of the interview will be conducted in English
  • Furthermore, if you are applying for management consulting roles, then we are not testing language but we are testing thinking skills and analytical ability, which goes beyond language (although yes, you do need language to articulate the thoughts and concepts)

All the best!

 

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Nikita
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replied on Feb 27, 2024
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Hey Amesha,

Regardless of the language, doing cases from casebooks lacks an essential component: quality feedback. Therefore, it's a bad preparation strategy.

To progress quickly, I suggest you take an active learning approach (in the following order):

1. Getting coaching when you are a complete beginner to learn the basics;

2. After you've learned the basics, practice cases with peers to polish your case solving process and acquire understanding of a wide range of industries and problem types;

3. Before the interview, ask a few acting consultants to give you cases in a mock-interview format to assess your readiness.

Hope this helps.
Good luck!
Nick
 

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Ian
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replied on Feb 26, 2024
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Actually, the nice thing about Preplounge is they have a ton of cases in German!

This is probaby your best bet.

While I don't normally recommend ChatGPT (there are so many issues with it for case prep), you could use it to do literally translations of existing English case books (please don't use it for anything else as it's so misleading on so many topics)

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Pedro
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Assuming you can understand English, language should not be a relevant criteria regarding which casebook you use.

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