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Guidehouse case interview: appropriations beat clever frameworks
How Guidehouse cases differ from commercial ones: appropriations, compliance, and implementation weight, plus a fully worked agency backlog mini-case.
Getting started
Low GPA Consulting: How Screens Actually Use the Number
GPA is a campus screen, not a published MBB cutoff. What firms' own pages say, which routes dilute the number, and the evidence packet that survives a human review.
Case interview prep
Data science case interviews: business, model, and code
How BCG X, QuantumBlack, Bain analytics, and Big Four screens score the business case, modeling case, and coding test—plus one worked mini-case.
Getting started
Consulting Referrals: What They Buy (and What They Don't)
A referral usually buys a human résumé read, not an interview. What firms publish, what the referrer risks, how to earn one in two talks, and the exact ask.
Case interview prep
Consulting Interview Dress Code: One Notch Above the Room
What to wear to a consulting interview: what McKinsey, Bain, and Deloitte actually publish, the one-notch rule, a two-minute distraction score, and a budget.
Recruiting
Consulting Internship Return Offers: You Are Priced, Not Graded
How consulting firms decide summer return offers: the supervision-cost forecast, a worked example, the midpoint script, and what the letter can say.
Case interview prep
Consulting Case Competitions: What Judges Score and What Transfers
A published competition rubric puts 55 of 100 points on the recommendation and the plan. What that means for your prep, your resume, and your interviews.
Getting started
Consulting Application Deadlines: Fixed, Rolling, Campus, Volume
How MBB and Big Four deadline systems actually work — fixed closes, rolling fills, campus clocks, volume caps — plus verified 2026 dates checked on firm pages.
Case interview prep
Case in Point Review: Buy It Early, Retire Its System
A partner's fair take on Cosentino's Case in Point 12th edition: what still helps, where frameworks age against firm guidance, and a modern prep plan.
Comparisons
Big 4 vs MBB: Compare the Letter, Not the Logo
MBB, Big 4 strategy arms, and core advisory are three products. How pay, interviews, and exits actually split when you read the offer practice line.
Case interview prep
West Monroe Case Interview: Score the Delivery Path
West Monroe's 45-minute case rewards people, process, and technology alignment—not a tidy strategy close. Worked SaaS integration math and a scoring heuristic.
Frameworks
Real Estate Case Interview: NOI, Cap Rates, and Lease Math
How interviewers score real estate cases: NOI after concessions, cap rates, rent PSF, occupancy vs lease-up, plus a worked office development mini-case.