Hi Anonymous,
projects inside MBB are actually pretty structured, but in a different way compared to case interviews. Indeed, in a case interview:
- you are provided with information that may require days or weeks to be gained in an actual project, and the logical thinking of the case is more related to the general strategic approach than the operations of the case
- you have to work on the solution by yourself
On the other hand, the activities in a project will involve more operational work and a full team, including clients employees; as a consequence, structuring in a project will be more related to:
- step by step deliverables for each team member
- allocation of responsibilities for each team member
- alignment meetings to check whether responsibilities and deliverables are respected
The actual project involves also a lot of client interactions, which per se do not directly appear in case interviews. These interactions may appear “unstructured” elements, but are actually part as well of the responsibilities and alignment meetings initially allocated in a well-managed project.
Hope this helps,
Francesco
