In my experience it is less a question of time, more about the number and quality of cases that you are doing in preparation. Depending on your available time (e.g next to a 60h job) this can take anywhere between one and 3 months I would say. Here's my best practice for how to plan cases:
In my experience, practicing 12-15 cases is sufficient, if you do it strategically. My recommendation is as follows:
Keep in mind that if you prepare with peers here on preplounge only the cases that you do as candidate count, not the ones that you do as interviewer. But: Doing cases as interviewer of course also has a learning effect as you see what behavior works and what doesn't, so I definitely also recommend doing a few of those.
Hi aa,
Couple of points to your question(s):
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Robert
Hello!
This question is too wide, since it depends on so so many factors:
Cheers,
Clara
Hi A,
It is hardly possible to tell a certain number because every person and situation is specific.
Before making a plan for preparation, you should always consider:
In general, do not count on less than 1,5 months. 3 months would be really great to get the most of the preparation process.
Do you need any further help?
GB
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Hi there,
In general, I find candidates need 2-3 months to feel ready (some need more, some need fewer).
Of course, it depends person to person. But I have a few "baseline" suggestions:
One thing to add here is what experience you are comming in with. For example, an undergraduate student with a degree in history is not going to have the same knowledge as an MBA who worked in industry for 6 years. Thanks