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At the interview stage - and this may involve several interviews - you will meet a number of us and have an opportunity to discuss your aspirations in more detail. You will be asked to do an informal "case interview" where we give you a challenging problem based on real-life examples from our case work, designed to test your conceptual and analytical abilities as well as your business judgement. The case interview is your opportunity to demonstrate your creativity and impress us with the quality of your thinking. It will also give you a chance to find out how much you like consulting and decide whether it is for you Here are some tips on how to approach the case interviews, you can also try your hand at consulting with our interactive case studies on the global website.
What to do and what not to do during a case interview:
Do's
- Listen to the interviewer and interact with them
- Structure the problem by developing a customized framework
- Focus on issues where most impact can be brought
- Explore a variety of options with creative thinking
- Demonstrate business judgment
- Make quick and accurate calculations
- Synthesize your thoughts and conclude your analysis
Don'ts
- Jump immediately into the analysis without the proper level of understanding
- Panic if the answer isn't readily apparent
- Defend your own solution at all costs
- Internalize your thought process
- Stick to an artificial framework (4C's, 4P's,)
- Circulate cases or use advanced knowledge
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