The Case Interview: 20 Days to Ace the Case: Your Day-by-Day Prep Course to Land a Job in Management Consulting

by Destin Whitehurst, Erin Robinson

Overview

Game-changing tips and tricks to nail the case interview and launch your consulting career.

Management consultants Destin Whitehurst and Erin Robinson give you need-to-know techniques for polishing your poise and tightening your case interview skills. 20 Days to Ace the Case Interview preps you with the nuts and bolts of the case interview process with daily exercises, mock interviews, and industry know-how designed to help you ace your interview.

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623156831
Publisher:	Callisto Media
Publication date:	02/11/2016
Pages:	196
Sales rank:	500,926
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Destin Whitehurst is the President of Consulting Interview Coach LLC, which provides case interview preparation and coaching services to aspiring consultants worldwide. While a strategy consultant, Destin advised clients across the United States, Europe, and Latin America. He also led undergraduate recruiting at two prestigious universities, overseeing the selection process for over 300 management consultant candidates.

For more information, please visit ConsultingInterviewCoach.com.

Erin Robinson is the Vice President of Consulting Interview Coach LLC. During her tenure with a top strategy-consulting firm, Erin served both corporate and nonprofit clients in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. In addition, she led initiatives for national training programs delivered to over 400 new analysts each year.

For more information, please visit ConsultingInterviewCoach.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Case Interview In

20 Days How to Listen with Intent 11

19 Days Breaking the Case Down 18

18 Days Mock Interview No. 1 24

17 Days Profitability Framework 32

16 Days Mock Interview No. 2 41

15 Days Internal/External Framework 51

14 Days Mock Interview No. 3 58

13 Days Categorize and Group 66

12 Days Mock Interview No. 4 73

11 Days The Truth Lies in the Middle 82

10 Days Mock Interview No. 5 91

9 Days Show Your Leadership 99

8 Days Mock Interview No. 6 105

7 Days Hypothesize 114

6 Days Mock Interview No. 7 120

5 Days Build Your Case 129

4 Days Mock Interview No. 8 138

3 Days Make Your Point 146

2 Days Mock Interview No. 9 152

1 Days Rest, Read, and Relax 161

Appendix A Live Case Practice: Interviewer Guides 166

Appendix B Industries and Services 180

Index 185

Acknowledgments 194

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Erin and Destin have created a refreshingly no-nonsense guide to consulting interview prep. With a structured, step-by-step plan and the sort of candid advice you'd give a younger sibling, they take the mystery out of the interview process and prepare students to walk into interviews with confidence.—Lydia Kearney, former Strategy Consultant, MBA candidate, Haas School of Business

By including expert testimonials, firm introductions as well as mock-up case interviews and tactical tips, Whitehurst and Robinson have created a well-written and easy-to-digest guide that will help candidates successfully prepare for management consulting interviews.—Robin L., Associate, McKinsey & Company

Editorial Reviews

Erin and Destin have created a refreshingly no-nonsense guide to consulting interview prep. With a structured, step-by-step plan and the sort of candid advice you'd give a younger sibling, they take the mystery out of the interview process and prepare students to walk into interviews with confidence. —Lydia Kearney, former Strategy Consultant, MBA candidate, Haas School of Business

By including expert testimonials, firm introductions as well as mock-up case interviews and tactical tips, Whitehurst and Robinson have created a well-written and easy-to-digest guide that will help candidates successfully prepare for management consulting interviews. —Robin L., Associate, McKinsey & Company

After reading 20 Days to Ace the Case, I was delighted to be extended an offer from both Bain and BCG. The book was invaluable in helping me prepare for interviews by giving me a unique approach to preparing my frameworks which allowed me to really bring a fresh perspective to my cases. It really was the most valuable source I used in crystallizing the many skills needed to truly ace the case. —Peter Stilwell, VP of Academics for the Berkeley Haas MBA Consulting Club

From the Publisher