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Case study interviews

March 9, 2012

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Why do firms use case study interviews?

Case study interviews test potential management consultants in various ways through giving candidates a small problem to work through in an allotted period: They test the strength of a potential consultant's problem-solving abilities They test how new consultants deal with unexpected and unfamiliar situations They evaluate how well the interview subject processes information Finally, case study interviews were designed to demonstrate how well potential consultants work as a team

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Or to put it differently

There are typically 4 main types of case studies

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Approach to a case study

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First understand well and clarify the question

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Second Take time to structure your thinking

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Third Analyse the problem in great detail and show your thinking

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Finally Draw clear conclusions and offer a solution

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In summary to do well, you must

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How to prepare for these interviews?


A few preparation tips: 1. Use online, interactive, practice cases studies. You can find great case studies on company websites. For example, Bain & Company offers three practice case interviews to practice with in their applications area. Use case studies from the companies you will be interviewing for. 2. Look at recent press releases from the company you are interviewing at. What sort of work will be involved? Who will the clients be? 3. Practice creating a case from a newspaper article. If this company were your client, what would you advise them to do? Why? Work through the case as if you were in the interview situation. 4. You may want to purchase a book of case interviews such as How to Get into the Top Consulting Firms: A Surefire Case Interview Method by T. Darling or Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation by Marc. P Cosentino and work through their example cases. These books will also give you additional tools to help you work through the cases

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How to prepare for these interviews?

5. Find a partner to practice with. Perhaps you have a colleague, friend, or family member who is willing to walk you through some of the cases in the books. The Cosentino book features a guide for those helping you to practice, instructing them on how to ask questions and reveal new parts of the problems. 6. For team work cases, organize a group to work through cases together. This is best when you are in an MBA program, or if you have a group of friends who are applying to work as consultants. 7. Speak answers into a digital voice recorder, play back the tape, analyze what could be better, and what worked.

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Example case studies

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Your client, a large bank is purchasing a large rewards credit-card franchise. They have two competing teams arguing about the new acquisition: either they can turn this franchise global, offering reward incentives to those with exclusive bank accounts, or they can keep the franchise open to any who buy into the program. To help your client, you will need to compare the potential for profit on both options and decide what would make the better outcome for the company. Be sure to list your reasons for your decision. Your client is a realty company hit hard by the current recession. They hired you to recommend strategies to make the economic downturn profitable for them. You will need to work out ways they can market and position themselves for long-term growth and recovery. Once the problems with their current approaches have been identified, work out a strategy that will have the realty company bounce back. Your client has been making sports apparel for adults for years and wants to open a new, children's division. They hired you to find out whether this would be a profitable decision. Assess the potential for income from this business. Explain what areas you would need to explore to determine whether this would be a profitable business venture. What potentials for growth will your client have if they expand? What are the most cost effective ways for your client to expand? Why do you choose these methods?

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