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Seeking Guidance to Strengthen Understanding of Accounting Concepts

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You don't need a granular understanding of accounting concepts to pass consulting interviews (assuming that's your target). Actually, I put together all the terms you need to know in this article (based on all the inte ... (read entire answer)

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Hi there, As you might imagine, it's very hard to tell, but based on the info provided, if you do pass, it's going to be a borderline pass. Don't imagine that you need to have a perfect performance in order to pass ma ... (read entire answer)

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Could someone kindly recommend materials for getting better at quantitative problems?

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Try the “crafting cases” analytical section in the free course, that should help. They have good resources on ways to create an equation out of non-quantitative prompts and how to tie the insights back into the case.

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Anonymous, Case questions will obviously depend on the interviewer and the group you are trying to join. When I looked st the credit card side for example, I was given credit card related questions. In general, I'd ... (read entire answer)

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