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Mastering Case Interviews: Key Strategies

The typical case interview progression involves introductions, fit/behavioral questions, presenting the case study, and a Q&A period. The main objectives of the case interview are to evaluate the candidate's structured thinking abilities, business acumen and mental math skills, and performance under pressure. When answering fit/behavioral questions, candidates should use the STAR method to discuss relevant situations, tasks, actions, and results. To showcase their best thinking in the case, candidates should understand the objective, create an initial framework and hypothesis, test their hypothesis as more information becomes available, and provide clear recommendations supported by their analysis.

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Mastering Case Interviews: Key Strategies

The typical case interview progression involves introductions, fit/behavioral questions, presenting the case study, and a Q&A period. The main objectives of the case interview are to evaluate the candidate's structured thinking abilities, business acumen and mental math skills, and performance under pressure. When answering fit/behavioral questions, candidates should use the STAR method to discuss relevant situations, tasks, actions, and results. To showcase their best thinking in the case, candidates should understand the objective, create an initial framework and hypothesis, test their hypothesis as more information becomes available, and provide clear recommendations supported by their analysis.

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  • Typical Case Interview Progression/Structure
  • How to showcase your best thinking in the case interview

 Typical Case Interview Progression/Structure:

Introductions Fit / Behavioral Case Q&A


~5 min ~ 10 – 15 min ~ 20 – 30 min ~ 5 min

Firms ask fit questions for 3


The 3 main objectives of the
reasons:
case interview:
1. Gain insights into your
professional experiences
1. Evaluate how structured
your thinking is
2. Evaluate your
communication and
storytelling abilities
2. Evaluate your business
acumen and mental math
3. Assess your behavior in
skills
client-facing situations.

It is recommended to use the


3. Assess how you would
STAR method (Situation, Task,
act under pressure in a
Action, and Result) when
real consulting work
answering these types of
environment
questions.
 How to showcase your best thinking in the case interview:

Understand the Create Framework


Provide
case and verify the and develop initial Test your hypothesis
Recommendations
objective hypothesis

• Jot down notes • Construct a • Most of the case will • Structure your
during the case framework to address involve testing your analysis into a clear,
scenario. the business issue. hypothesis. logical story and
summarize specific
• Ensure clarity on the • Framework can help • As you gain more issues and findings.
case query so that you to structures information, it is likely
you start on the complex problems that hypothesis will • State your
right track. into manageable require modification. recommendations
components by and provide reasons
• Pose questions to breaking them down • Sometimes a to support them.
better understand into categories. hypothesis is wrong
the business and requires new • Outline potential
situation and • Develop initial formulation, while next steps and
problem. hypothesis to guide other times it needs expected
your analysis. refinement. results/impacts.

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