CoachNed

Method

How to do a case interview, step by step

Clarify · Structure · Analyze · Synthesize · Recommend.

Ned structuring a case on the whiteboard

Step 1

Clarify

Repeat the decision. Ask only what changes the tree.

Step 2

Structure

A MECE tree you could steal. Two levels is enough.

Step 3

Analyze

Equation before numbers. Then the so-what.

Step 4

Synthesize

What we know, what it implies, what we do next.

Step 5

Recommend

A close a partner could take into the client dinner.