Hi Prep lounge community!
I am looking to access Exhibit heavy cases with a lot of information thrown at you, as part of case prompt. At least that's how my second round with Manager went.
Now I have 2 *1 hours case interviews with Partners, which is the final round. Any tips on improving my quant skills and getting more prep with structuring. I need all the push to finish the race with PWC!
Appreciate any specific sources, as I see a lot online.
Thank you :)
Cheers!
Hi there,
First of all, congratulations on making it to the final round of interviews with PwC!
I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it:
If you would like a more detailed discussion on how to best address your weaknesses, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Best,
Hagen
Hello Candidate,
First of all well done to make it to the final round, if you did that it means you already have the potential / preparation to pass the final round with the Partners.
What will make a difference in the final round will be your ability to refine your fit and case to differentiate you from the other candidates.
General advice to improve both your quant skills and structuring is to practice practice practice… alone but also (and more importantly) with other candidates and - even better - with more experienced coaches. After you reach a certain level of preparation, is the valuable feedaback you receive that makes it perfect.
To practice your quant skills specifically, continue training in mental math and is also helpful market sizing cases. Those you can easily do by yourself even though ideally you want to simulate a real interview day with an interviewer.
In terms of structuring, by now you should have your tailor-made frameworks ready BUT in a final round you need to be ready to improvise and adapt them to the case. Do not fall in the trap of trying to squeeze your framework at all costs. Hence, continue practicing but focus on the feedback (i.e. how could I have structured this problem better?) more than the case solving itself. This means that the time you spend on the feedback should be as much as the time it took you to solve the case.
Lastly, if the case is exhibits-intensive you might want to refine your ability to draw the 3-4 key takeaways from each graph and synthesize them under 5 minutes.
Hope it helps and good luck!
Alessandro
Hi there,
Here are some exhibit-cased cases I wrote:
Best Rote Practice
RocketBlocks (Preplounge has resources too)
Best Practice Strategy
1) Read the Economist (especially the daily graph section) and BCG Insights
2) Ask case partners and/or coaches to focus particularly on your chart-reading skills (i.e. by providing you with cases with many charts) - Bain and Deloitte cases tend to be chart heavy
Graph Interpretation Tips
1) Read the title - and understand it
2) Read the legends - and understand them
3) Remind yourself of the objective / hypothesis in the case, to see where this might fit
4) Find the differences - where does the line graph plummet or spike? Which column is a lot smaller or bigger than the others? Where does change occur? The differences are what matter
5) Talk outloud while interpreting - first, it helps you think and process your thoughts, second, it lets the interviewer provide guidance and course correct if needed.
Expert case by
