Hi,

First of all - not all the phone rounds are with consultants and have a case. It may be just a phone screening with HR. So make sure you prepared your Fit Stories.

Then:

• Earlier rounds - low correlation, cases mainly from the company casebook
• Later rounds - high correlation since partners have their own cases. Although be careful since partners may have expertise in multiple industries

Best!

Agreed with very low correlation for screening/first round and higher for final rounds.

Hey,

Yes, there seems to be a correlation (but not perfect! now so many people who use cases from industries they never worked in!). Besides, from my experience this correlation tens to be even higher at partner/2nd round level.

There's two main reasons to support this: first, the interviewers will be more at ease with the industry and can cope with any direction candidates may lead the case to; second, some of the cases are personally-drafted based on their own past projects.

Best

Bruno