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Initial assessment preparation for Bain & Co

Bain & Company Good resources Online Assessment

Most recent answer on Mar 05, 2024

gave the best answer on Mar 04, 2024

Lucky for you the McKinsey PST, BCG Online Test, Bain SOVA test, etc. are all quite similar so you really can leverage the practice tests for all of them in order to prepare: The best way is to really find online tests ... (read entire answer)

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Anyone heard of Krakit (AI case partner resource) before?

Actively preparing for interviews with Bain and BCG Bain & Company BCG Case Interview Case in Point Case Interview case interview preparation casing Good resources MBB McKinsey & Company

Most recent answer on Nov 30, 2023

Cristian

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gave the best answer on Aug 09, 2023

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Hi there! This sounds interesting. Would be curious to try it out. It actually sounds very similar to using ChatGPT for case preparation. The great advantage of these tools is that they are able to provide tailored f ... (read entire answer)

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How good/relevant is the Case-in-Point book for case prep?

Case in Point Case structure and frameworks Good resources Victor Cheng

Most recent answer on Sep 30, 2023

Anonymous gave the best answer on Jul 11, 2018

Dear Anonymous A, This is a great question! I hope others can benefit from this debate. I will answer your question bluntly: Marc Consentino’s Case-in-Point book has become outdated and is no longer a good resourc ... (read entire answer)

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Experience with McKinsey PST round?

BCG Potential Test Case Material First Round first round interview Good resources I'm preparing to McK coming next week Johannesburg Preparations math test McKinsey Mckinsey London McKinsey PST Nairobi prep preparation Problem Solving Test PST PST ; McKinsey

Most recent answer on Sep 30, 2023

Vlad

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gave the best answer on May 24, 2017

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, I suggest the following: 1) Do 1 case from mck website in 60 min. Check your score. Target score is 22 out of 26 correct. If you do 17-18 correct you have great chances to improve in 3 days. If lower - reschedul ... (read entire answer)

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Resources to brush up accounting/finance concepts

accounting business concepts case interview preparation Finance Good resources

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Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

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gave the best answer on Jul 22, 2018

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi Giorgia, two books which I find extremely helpful to get a fundamental understanding of how to practically think in terms of business economics, financial management and value creation are: Finance for non-fina ... (read entire answer)

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Resources for Understanding Industry-Specific Trends and Drivers in Consulting Cases

Good resources industry trend trends

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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

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gave the best answer on Feb 18, 2023

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: First of all, please keep in mind that business knowledge is not assessed unless you a ... (read entire answer)

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Resources for beginner

case study caseprep Good resources

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Hello, Don't let this worry you too much - plenty of successful consultants come from STEM backgrounds, and there's less overlap between casing skills and college business/econ classes than you would think. Case intervi ... (read entire answer)

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How to practice structuring math

Good resources Math problem Structure

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Hi there, How to structure math in a case Have a seperate "math" scrap sheet of paper Grab a new sheet of paper every time you're entering a new phase of the case...number and title it Use tables to organize numbers Wri ... (read entire answer)

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Resources to build industry specific knowledge for Case solving (specially in Indian context)

case partners caseprep consulting consulting industry consultingcases101 Good resources industry Strategy case solving

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Sep 30, 2020

Hi Avya! Great that you want to structure your case prep! The beautiful thing about consulting interview cases is that you basically don't need any industry specific knowledge. The toolkit that you build during the ... (read entire answer)

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Monitor Deloitte Interview 1st Round - Need resources!

Good resources Interview monitor Monitor Deloitte

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gave the best answer on Jun 10, 2019

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Hi Abhinav, the main difference in the interview steps with Monitor is that in some offices you have to do a written case 30mins long and a group case. The actual cases asked are similar to MBB and you could get both ... (read entire answer)

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