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What are some common mistakes you've seen candidates make in case studies?

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Recent activity on Aug 20, 2018
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Anonymous asked on Aug 17, 2018

Especially at later stage interviews.

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Vlad
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replied on Aug 17, 2018
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

The most common and critical mistakes are:

1) Not clarifying / asking the details of the business model in the beginning

2) Not clarifying / quantifying objectives in the beginning

3) Using common frameworks and not adapting them to the case specifics

4) Not digging deep into the root causes of a problem and switching to other parts of your framework

5) Getting some data and not applying it (i.e. you should compare with previous periods / benchmarks / breakdown further into segments)

6) Slow math / math with mistakes / not stating clearly what you are trying to calculate and why

7) Providing a strong conclusion having limited data

8) !!! spending a lot of time on cases, having no fit interview practice

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Astrid
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replied on Aug 20, 2018
PrepLounge Head of Product & Marketing

Hi Kay,

thank you for asking your question!

We're happy to see that you are tapping the full potential of our Consulting Q&A!

If you haven't already, you may also want to check out the following threads on common mistakes candidates make in case studies:

What are common mistakes you make in case studies?

What are typical reasons why you reject interviewees?

Keep up the great prep and best of luck for your upcoming interviews!

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