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Case Interviews as a Non-Native English Speaker: What Costs Points
Interviewers do not score accent. They score numbers they can hear and structure they can follow. A working-memory plan for casing in your second language.
Case interview prep
Case Interviews for Engineers: Run the Scientific Method Backward
Engineers lose case interviews by concluding last. How to state a hypothesis at minute two, spend precision only where the decision moves, and close on time.
Case interview prep
Experienced Hire Case Interviews: Same Case, One Extra Question
Experienced hires sit the same case as the MBA class. What changes is the level question. How interviewers score your experience, with a worked example.
Firm guides
BCG Platinion Interviews Test Landing, Not Stack Choice
Platinion Round 2 pairs a BCG business case with an IT case. How interviewers score both halves, a worked migration math example, and what engineers get wrong.
Case interview prep
Arthur D. Little Case Interview: What the Firm's Own Case Reveals
ADL says in writing its case does not test sector knowledge. What its published practice case tests instead, with a four-station worked example and scores.
Getting started
What Management Consulting Actually Is (As a Business)
Who pays consultants, for what, at what price: firm revenue and headcount from filings, a typical week, firm types, and when clients should not hire.
Math and quant
Market Sizing Questions: 25 Prompts by Structure Type
Twenty-five original sizing prompts grouped by structure, a one-line first cut for each, and five worked answers tied to Census, BLS, FAA, and ONS figures.
Getting started
Consulting Brain Teasers Are Mostly Gone. Here's What Remains
MBB interviews are cases and fit, not riddles. How market sizing, estimation, and aptitude logic are scored—with worked examples.
Comparisons
Big 4 Consulting Firms: Pick the Entity, Not the Logo
Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG are four networks with eight recruiting doors. Compare core consulting versus strategy arms before you prep the wrong case.
Frameworks
Technology Case Interview: Unit Economics Before Strategy
Score tech cases on ARR bridges, NRR, CAC payback, and hardware attach—not a CPG volume tree. Worked SaaS-plus-device mini-case with primary filing benchmarks.
Frameworks
Marketing Case Interview: Funnel Math, CAC, and Payback
Marketing cases are scored on CAC, conversion, retention, and contribution margin—not creative ideas. Worked payback example with primary-source benchmarks.
Case interview prep
FTI Consulting case interview: answers that survive cross-examination
FTI scores defensibility, not boldness. Segment economics from the 10-K, what FTI publishes about its process, and a 13-week cash example you can rebuild.