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Case interview prep
PE Case Interviews Score Bid Risk, Not Market Essays
PE case interviews reward returns-first commercial diligence. A scoring heuristic, a worked HVAC platform example, and how CDD differs from fund seats.
Recruiting
How Consulting Firm Rankings Are Built — and How to Use Them
Vault, Consulting Magazine, and Forbes/Statista use different surveys and weights. Learn what each measures, what it hides, and how to build a three-criteria shortlist.
Firm guides
Kearney Case Interview: Hypotheses, Feasibility, Mock Test
Kearney publishes a hypothesis-first case method and a 40-question mock test with wrong-answer penalties. Prep the way their careers site teaches, not BCG folklore.
Recruiting
How to Get Into Consulting: Six Doors, Real Odds, 12 Months
Map the real consulting entry routes—campus, MBA, advanced degree, experienced hire, transfer, boutique—with published firm paths, honest odds, and a 12-month plan.
Frameworks
Digital Transformation Cases: Cash Flows With Adoption Risk
Price a digital transformation case as an NPV with adoption risk: firm research on value capture, dual-run costs, and a fully worked insurer cash-flow example.
Getting started
Day in the Life: Three Rungs on the Same Client Study
One client study, three calendars. Read the analyst, manager, and partner day hour by hour, then decide if consulting hours and travel are for you.
Getting started
How consulting pay is built: base, bonus, year-1 trap
How consulting pay is stacked—base, signing, bonus, retirement—how to read MBA reports and posted bands, plus entry-level ranges by tier with sources.
Math and quant
Consulting Math Formulas: The 20 Identities That Appear
Twenty case-room formulas with units, a two-sentence example, and the trap each one hides. Profit, breakeven, CAGR, NPV, elasticity, CLV.
Recruiting
Consulting Internship Interviews: Trainability Over Polish
What firms score in intern cases vs full-time: pace and coachability, simpler formats by firm, fit stories with no resume, and a six-week plan.
Case interview prep
Case Interview Video Examples: Read the Interviewer, Not the Candidate
What Bain's own 28-minute mock shows when you log the interviewer instead of the candidate: 18 interventions, a decoder, and a scoring sheet you can reuse.
Case interview prep
Case Interview Types: Name the Closing Number, Then Build the Tree
Eight case interview types defined by the number that settles each one, a tally of what MBB and Deloitte actually publish, and one fact base run three ways.
Case interview prep
Case Interview Thank-You Email: The Note That Lands After the Score
Your thank-you email arrives after the interviewer has scored you. What it can still do, what it cannot, the eight-second test, and a 70-word note that passes.