Case interview blog

Frameworks

Simon-Kucher Cases Score Elasticity, Not Market Entry

Simon-Kucher is a pricing firm. Learn what interviewers score, run a worked elasticity and WTP mini-case, and practice the levers that matter.

Case interview prep

Case Interview ROI and Payback: Cash Timing, Not Fake NPV

ROI is a percent; payback is years. A worked palletizer case shows why capacity ROI fails, plus how interviewers score the label.

Frameworks

Revenue Growth Cases: Hit the Target, Sequence the Levers

How interviewers score revenue growth cases: decompose price, volume, and mix, then sequence new levers to a stated target with a worked $30m bridge.

Frameworks

Restructuring Cases Are Scored on Cash and Time

Interviewers score restructuring on 13-week cash, covenant headroom, and liquidation vs going-concern value. Worked Ridgeway Fleet example you can rebuild.

Case interview prep

Last-Minute Case Prep: Protect Score, Not Volume

In the last 48 hours before a case, stop adding cases. Match the format once, fix one leak, and protect sleep — what the scoring sheet still rewards.

Fundamentals

Issue Trees: Three Branch Tests That Actually Score

Define the issue tree against driver and decision trees, apply Minto's three branch tests, and walk two full trees with the hypothesis marked.

Getting started

Guesstimate Interview Questions: Six Worked Chains That Score

Interviewers score the assumption chain and sanity checks, not the number. Six original guesstimates with public anchors, plus five ways candidates leak points.

Comparisons

First vs Final Round Cases: What Partners Score Differently

First-round cases test trainability; finals test client-room judgment. A scoring map, a worked contrast, and how to split prep without wasting weeks.

Comparisons

Consulting vs Tech: Optionality vs Ownership, Not Prestige

Consulting vs tech is not a status fight. Compare four-year cash, what you practice weekly, and when equity actually beats consulting pay.

Comparisons

Consulting vs Investment Banking: Pick the Product, Not the Logo

Consulting vs IB is deal work versus decision work. Compare Tuesday nights, pay from HBS data, exits, and a two-year cash math you can rerun.

Recruiting

Inside the Consulting Interview Process Firms Never Publish

Who skims your résumé, how interviewers are calibrated, what write-ups say, how decision meetings run, and the reapplication rules firms actually state.

Firm guides

Consulting Exit Opportunities: Staffing Beats the Logo

Exit options after consulting are bought as a muscle, not a brand. Tenure, tier, and staffing decide corp strat, PE, tech, and ops paths.