They were very similar to the ones I received in my first and final round interviews. This book provided me with plenty of practice that I could do by myself.
After working through these cases, I felt excited going into my interviews. The explanations were detailed and thorough and I got to pr. Management consultants Destin Whitehurst and Erin Robinson give you need-to-know techniques for polishing your poise and tightening your case interview skills.
Think of this book as your twenty-day intensive, management consulting boot camp, the perfect supplement to your arsenal of case interview lessons and material. With this guidebook, you will: Gain day-by-day structure: Daily case interview exercises progressively prep you Ask the right questions: Fundamental frameworks teach you exactly what to ask under pressure Learn from the pros: Review real-life stories from consulting experts Uncover unique strategies: Discover custom-developed case interview tips straight from the authors Go off script: Adapt what you've learned with our bonus case interview guides.
Score: 5. If you have just a few weeks left for your interview, then this book should help you in gaining maximum knowledge in the least amount of time and effort. It delineates major case studies that are ideally structured to gain clarity in understanding. The major benefits of this book are: 1. Learn to structure each type of case, organize your answer to identify and solve the problem.
Understand the in-depth reasoning behind every question that you are asked under each structure. Deeper thoughts will help in gaining maximum value out of the questions and identify the solution with a lesser count of questions.
Learn about the structure to solve any market sizing problem. Learn to differentiate yourself from the hundreds of other candidates who are fighting to get the same job. It discusses the emerging role of information technologies in consulting activities and introduces the essential tools in data science, assuming no technical background. Drawing on extensive literature reviews with more than peer reviewed articles, reports, books and surveys referenced, this book has at least four objectives: to be scientific, modern, complete and concise.
An interactive version of some sections industry snapshots, method toolbox is freely accessible at econsultingdata.
Inference and Intervention Author : Michael D. In a world of resource scarcity, a decision about which business elements to control or change — as the authors put it, a managerial intervention — must precede any decision on how to control or change them, and understanding causality is crucial to making effective interventions.
The authors cover the full spectrum of causal modeling techniques useful for the managerial role, whether for intervention, situational assessment, strategic decision-making, or forecasting. From the basic concepts and nomenclature of causal modeling to decision tree analysis, qualitative methods, and quantitative modeling tools, this book offers a toolbox for MBA students and business professionals to make successful decisions in a managerial setting.
The analysis draws on an ethnographic study conducted in the French-speaking Lake Geneva area and the German-speaking northwestern region of Switzerland between and It shows how institutional actors influence which resources are available to different groups of newcomers by defining and dividing migrants according to constructed social categories that correlate with specific status and privileges. Beyond consideration of professional qualifications, the ways decision-makers perceive candidates and shape their resource environments are crucial for constructing them as skilled or unskilled, wanted or unwanted, welcome or unwelcome.
The business of consulting has grown faster than most other businesses, due not only to increased demand by clients, but also to the innovative capabilities of numerous consulting firms as they develop new services. Divided into six parts, the book introduces readers to the consulting industry, addressing the major practice areas, contexts, and implementations of the field. Significant updates detail the effect of the economic troubles between and and then and now; analyze the market response to consulting in recent years; and provide a more thorough understanding of how consulting is applied in the different areas of a business, such as operations, marketing, and finance.
Introductions written by the editors offer further insight into the themes and learning goals of each section, helping readers to recognize the elements of a successful consultation, and utilize their new skill set. This guide goes beyond right answers and leads readers through the process behind effectively completing the case interview with a top consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain and BCG. The shift from college to a full-time career has always been a hard transition, but arming yourself with knowledge will not only help you succeed but improve your overall confidence in yourself as a professional.
This book allows readers to develop their knowledge of the structure of the case interview and carry that confidence with them to every interview that could lead them to their big break in the consulting industry. This book will provide you with everything you need, along with additional free resources such as sample questions and answers to deliver a phenomenal interview technique and help you attain the consulting job you want. The Case Interview Workbook contains 60 case questions for management consulting interviews, with complete solutions.
This book fills the gap left by others by providing you with plenty of high-quality cases to practice on before your interview.
Many cases are from actual interviews at the top-tier firms and cannot be found elsewhere. Kearney, Roland Berger, and L. Note that is a workbook, designed to complement other preparation books.
You will have a hard time solving these cases without learning first elsewhere how to do so, e. Becoming a management consultant is difficult, but it is possible if you use a proven approach at each stage of the process. Cracking Case Interviews is a comprehensive "one-stop shop" for landing a job in consulting. This book will help you: Write the perfect consulting resume and cover letter that gets multiple interview invitations from top consultancies Learn the 7 different parts of a case interview and exactly what you need to do in each step Master maths tips and tricks to solve market sizing and other case interview questions quickly and accurately Discover the most commonly used frameworks in consulting and how you can use them for inspiration, without over-relying on them Practice with 5 full-length sample cases that are based on McKinsey, BCG, and Bain case interviews Prepare answers to behavioural interview questions, like "Why consulting?
Need to learn case interviews but don't know where to start? This book is designed to get you up and running. By using scripted examples and interviews with experienced recruiters it gives readers an understanding of what a case actually is, and how they can start to prepare. Case interviews are used extensively by most major recruiters, including McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Amazon, Google and many more, and this book contains interviews with recruiters from all of the above companies.
The author, Stephen Pidgeon, is a former McKinsey consultant and interviewer who now works as a career coach at the Tuck School of Business. He coaches hundreds of candidates every year, many of whom are successful in their goal of landing their dream job. He is also the author of 'How to get a job in consulting'. Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents and his family that he has never asked before.
Featuring the Ivy Case System - including a section on government and nonprofit cases. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate.
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The use of complex graphs in case interviews has exploded. You have a very short time to look at the graph, analyze it, extract what s important and apply it to your answer.
This book was designed to help you understand the role of graphs in consulting both during an interview and on the job. The authors introduce the Ivy Graph Framework, which will allow you to analyze 11 of the most popular graphs quickly, completely, and with great confidence.
In addition the book provides ten sophisticated cases with numerous graphs per case and allows you to see how these cases unfold.
There is nothing else out there like it! Embrace the Case Interview walks you through each step on the path to your dream consulting job as described by a former management consultant who conducted over interviews for a top-tier firm. First, we cover how to get the interview including how to be memorable when speaking with firms prior to the interview and how to write a killer resume and cover letter.
Second, we cover the behavioral part of the interview. Often overlooked, the behavioral part of the interview covers your personal experiences and is often just as valuable as the case interview. We discuss the traits interviewers are looking for and how to answer their questions in a structured way.
Third, we take an in-depth look at the case interview itself. Unlike books that focus on segmenting cases and applying frameworks, you will learn a single, flexible structure that you will apply to any case with deadly effectiveness. In addition to structuring the case, you will learn approaches for the cases' other parts including qualitative questions, quantitative problems, exhibit analysis, and synthesis.
Embrace the Case Interview places a strong emphasis on the quality of your learning rather than just doing hundreds of cases. As such, each example case contains an in-depth discussion of the text book answer to help you improve.
For more information, please visit embracethecaseinterview. Enjoy the book and best of luck in your upcoming interviews! Skip to content. Case Interview Secrets. Case Interview Secrets Book Review:. Hacking the Case Interview. Hacking the Case Interview Book Review:. Case in Point 9 1. Case in Point 9 1 Book Review:.
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