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Case interview prep
Alvarez & Marsal Case Interview: Cash, Margin, or Balance Sheet?
How A&M cases differ from MBB: the three problems a distressed company can have, a working-capital calculation you can reproduce, and what interviewers score.
Frameworks
Airline Case Interview: Unit Economics Interviewers Score
Master CASK, RASK, load factor, yield, and ancillaries with primary airline data and one fully worked mini-case you can reproduce in an interview.
Case interview prep
Unstructured Cases: You Invent the Next Exhibit
Unstructured case interviews reward a self-staffing workplan, not PESTLE. How interviewers score when no exhibit pack arrives, with a worked example.
Frameworks
Retail Case Interview: Comps, Sales/Sq Ft, Four-Wall Math
What interviewers score in retail cases: same-store sales vs new space, sales per square foot, GMROI, shrink, basket — plus a worked apparel mini-case.
Frameworks
Pharma Case Interviews: Funnel Math Beats List Price
Manufacturer pharma cases live on treated-patient funnels and net price after rebates. Worked launch forecast, FDA and BIO data, LOE arithmetic from filings.
Frameworks
Healthcare Case Interview: Payer Mix Beats Bed Count
Provider and payer cases hinge on payment unit, payer mix, MLR, and occupancy vs discharges—with a worked hospital mini-case and primary CMS, KFF, and 10-K data.
Case interview prep
Financial Services Case Interview: The Cost of Goods Arrives Later
Bank and insurer cases book revenue years before the cost shows up. The questions the scoring sheet rewards, the capital math, and a vintage-loss worked case.
Getting started
Consulting Offer Negotiation: What Moves, What Doesn't
Campus base at MBB and Big Four is largely lockstep. Use signing, start date, office, relocation, and level—with scripts that keep the relationship intact.
Firm guides
CRA Case Interview: Economic Reasoning Beats Frameworks
CRA scores adversarial economic logic, not MBB case theater. Process shape, a worked HHI merger case, and a one-week prep plan.
Firm guides
BCG Matrix in Cases: Score the Cash Balance, Not the Animals
Interviewers ignore star-and-cow labels. Plot relative share, force a cash identity across businesses, and fund only one question mark.
Frameworks
Ansoff Matrix in Cases: Rank Growth Options With Numbers
Interviewers score Ansoff as a tool: map growth paths, kill the grid when profit is the issue, then size and rank four bets with contribution math.
Case interview prep
Analysis Group interview: the case is your own research project
Analysis Group's own FAQ describes a behavioral first round and a final round about your research, not a case. How economists score it and a four-week plan.