Casebook with the best Math Part

Hi Hassan,

“Best” is an odd term and not the way you should think about this. Best is subjective and also depends on type of math struggles you're having.

Additonally, you're approaching math practice wrong. In your prep you need to be efficient…every hour counts.

The most efficient way to practice math is Rocketblocks, then paired with live cases. But, it's your call.

Most casebooks have a section on math...but again, I wouldn't rely solely on this for your prep. 

Now, that said, these are ones that I particularly like are Columbia, Stern, Haas, Darden

Other good math prep

1. 100% Recommend Rocket Blocks. https://www.rocketblocks.me/
2. Online "Drills": https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/fast-math-multiplication-quiz
3. Math sheets (print these and do them on paper): https://www.math-drills.com/
4. In addition to that, you can ask other PrepLoungers to case you on math-heavy cases. You can also search for those case types here and work through them yourself.

Hi there,

adding to the good advice the other coaches already gave, some of the following case books have solid enough maths parts…

• Real MBB casebooks 2020-23
• MBA casebooks form INSEAD, Wharton, Darden, NYU, Esade etc

To be frank though, any of the typical MBA and MBB case book resources will be good and realistic enough for this purpose. Would not over-think here and rather get to work.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Andi

Hello!

Precisely for the high amount of questions (1) asked by my coachees and students and (2) present in this Q&A, I created the “Economic and Financial concepts for MBB interviews”, recently published in PrepLounge’s shop (https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop/prep-guide/economic_and_financial_concepts_for_mbb_interviews).

After +5 years of candidate coaching and university teaching, and after having seen hundreds of cases, I realized that the economic-related knowledge needed to master case interviews is not much, and not complex. However, you need to know where to focus! Hence, I created the guide that I wish I could have had, summarizing the most important economic and financial concepts needed to solve consulting cases, combining key concepts theorical reviews and a hands-on methodology with examples and ad-hoc practice cases.

It focuses on 4 core topics, divided in chapters (each of them ranked in scale of importance, to help you maximize your time in short preparations):

·        Economic concepts: Profitability equation, Break even, Valuation methods (economic, market and asset), Payback period, NPV and IRR, + 3 practice cases to put it all together in a practical way.

·        Financial concepts: Balance sheet, Income statement/P&L and Performance ratios (based on sales and based on investment), +1 practice case

·        Market structure & pricing: Market types, Perfect competition markets (demand and supply), Willingness to pay, Pricing approaches, Market segmentation and Price elasticity of demand, +1 practice case

·        Marketing and Customer Acquisition: Sales funnel, Key marketing metrics (CAC and CLV) and Churn, +1 practice case

Feel free to PM me for disccount codes for the guide, and I hope it helps you rock your interviews!

Hi Hassan!

To be fair, there is no one case book that has it all. 

I can direct you to a couple of cases here on the platform that have detailed interviewer notes and are based on recent real MBB cases:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/advanced/mbb-second-round-codewave-employee-turnover-challenge-304

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/interviewer-led-mckinsey-style/intermediate/element-mobile-expands-into-refurbished-phones-mbb-2nd-round-302

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/advanced/mbb-first-round-soy-technologies-303

Aside from this, feel free to reach out and I'm happy to share a few more case books with you to help with the prep (no strings attached). 

Best,
Cristian