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Getting started
Junior or Senior Year for Consulting? Use Graduation Windows
Map junior-year internship vs senior full-time consulting apps to firm graduation windows, with U.S. MBB dates and a backward prep calendar.
Firm guides
McKinsey vs BCG: Who Owns the Case Agenda?
The McKinsey vs BCG gap that changes offers is agenda control: interviewer-led Solve and PEI versus candidate-led cases and team interviews.
Firm guides
BCG vs Bain: Skip Prestige, Prep the Real Gaps
BCG vs Bain differs on scale, PE vs tech work, and online screens (Casey/CCA vs Sova), not prestige or pay. Prioritize prep that moves offers.
Comparisons
RocketBlocks vs PrepLounge: Pick the Practice Job First
RocketBlocks drills vs PrepLounge peer mocks, with public pricing, a cost-per-rep table, and a clear rule for which bottleneck each product actually fixes.
Comparisons
PrepLounge vs IGotAnOffer: Buy Reps or Buy Judgment
PrepLounge sells peer mock volume; IGotAnOffer sells calibrated coaching hours. Compare real pricing, feedback quality, and when each fits.
Firm guides
McKinsey Practice Cases: Start With the Firm's Free Set
McKinsey publishes free practice cases on its careers site. How to use them, what interviewer-led scoring rewards, and one original worked mini-case.
Firm guides
McKinsey PEI Questions: Openings, Probes, One Full Answer
A McKinsey PEI question bank by dimension: opening prompts, the follow-up probes interviewers actually ask, and one fully worked answer with its probe chain.
Comparisons
CaseCoach vs PrepLounge: Pick the Bottleneck, Not a Winner
CaseCoach teaches a method; PrepLounge sells peer volume. Compare public pricing, feedback quality, and when CoachNed fits—or does not.
Firm guides
Big 3 vs Big 4: Two Business Models, Not Two Logos
How Big 3 and Big 4 consulting make money differently — and what that does to the job, the interview, and your exits.
Frameworks
Five Forces in Cases: Why Industry Margins Sit Where They Do
Porter's Five Forces is a margin tool, not a five-bucket recital. Trace it to the 1979 and 2008 HBR pieces, see where dumps fail, and run one quantified case.
Fundamentals
Inductive vs Deductive Reasoning in Case Interviews
Define both from logic sources, then watch an issue tree and a data hypothesis alternate in a live case transcript, plus SHL and Aon item types.
Getting started
Strategy vs a Goal: What Case Interviewers Score
Porter, Rumelt, and Playing to Win in one interview test: turn a vague aspiration into a numbered choice with a trade-off. Worked HarborLite example.