What do you do for case study preparation?

I have one scheduled for the beginning of January and would like to feel more confident approaching it. My last case interview could not have gone worse so trying to shake the fear. I know there's a lot of info online for preparation but what golden nuggets would more experienced person offer up? Ideally looking for broad framework I can mentally reference during the interview.
Grazie

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Have a first interview with coactutate, a strategy consulting studio. Anyone worked with them in the past with any insights/advice for interview?

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How many companies did you interview with before landing a new job?

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What do you wear for a video interview? A suit feels like too much…

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Hello kind Alvarez & Marsal 🐠
Any immigrants/ H1b holders at A&M here on fb? Going through PEPI interview process and was wondering how supportive they are with h1b transfer/ green card processes.

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Has anyone done an interview where you have to analyze a bunch of data, then create a deck and present it?
Any tips, this seems fairly different from a regular case interview?

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After weeks of prep, interviewer for my case interview said all responses and logic were perfect. Man does it feel good to be done!

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While interviewing for a job and answering a simple behavior question. The interviewer make the statement “Obviously your educated”. Interviewer white male candidate African American women. What would you make of this statement?

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Is Accenture on a hiring freeze? Was told over a month ago I would receive a final written offer and the recruiter has not received the approval from leadership. Been 8 weeks from interviews and waiting on final offer. Seems off

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Landed an interview at BMO and have a two interviews: a case and a behavioral interview. I'm not sure what to expect from the case and was wondering what advice, if any, folks may have.

Thanks in advance!

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If you quit company A, and started at company B just over a month ago, and have been in the interview process for company C in parallel and did not mention about company B or quitting company A to company C, since it’s all happening around the same time - do you need to mention company B during background check for company C?

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Is it necessary to mention you quit your current job that’s in your resume, while interviewing at a new company?
For context, quit very recently.

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What are interviewers trying to gauge when they ask “are you interviewing elsewhere”?

If i answer “i’m just casually exploring what’s out there” would that be a bad answer?

Should i say “yes interviewing at other firms” even if i’m not to appear popular?

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Associate interviewing at a series A for chief of staff role. What's a reasonable comp (cash/equity) to ask for? And any particular considerations I should have in mind to decide if I should take the job if offered?

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I recently interviewed with Slalom Consulting and while I did great in my case study and made great connections with the team, they weren’t able to make an offer because of a hiring freeze. I ended up going in another direction as a result. However, I’d still like to keep a connection at Slalom in case a similar opportunity comes along. How do you go about keeping the relationships with the TA people fresh without being so obvious that you’re circling back to ask them to keep you in mind?

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How different is round 2 vs round 1 interview for BCG?

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What the best way to get an interview? I know how big 4 like to hold off on your application and reach out to you months after but is writing messages to recruiters best way to get your application get acknowledged?

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I'm looking to leave CrossCountry Consulting after two months. In the interview process, I believed them when they said they respect work-life balance, and now I have a manager who says 50 hours chargeable is what he expects on my project. Is it wrong to boomerang back to EY this fast? I’m not going to make it here a year.

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My best friends little brother has an interview with EY tomorrow for tech consulting! Would appreciate anyone with any tips!! Behavioral and case interview for junior year internship EY 🙏🏽

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Anyone interviewing with Simon Kucher for healthcare? Let’s chat!

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Can anyone at Alvarez and Marsal PEPI give insight into the interview process and what each round entails.

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Hey fishes. I’m starting interviews for advisory/leadership, human capital roles with a few consulting companies (big 4, kearney, BCG). But I come from industry and boutique consulting.

How do I start to prep? Where can I find the right cases? What tips are there to ace the interviews

I interviewed before with Accenture and McKinsey, but thought I could have prepared the case different.

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How much time did you spend preparing your stories and answers for the fit interview?

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Striking out for T2 interview invites but got final round for 2 out of 3 MBB.. is there any logic to this? Networked with all

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I was referred to a role Accenture that eventually got taken down, the hiring manager reached out and asked me to find another job to expendite my Interview process.

Any particular roles anyone would recommend looking into?

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How do y'all handle an interview process that requires a sample of your work?

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Does it help to show “open to work” on LinkedIn , especially when you have an offer in the works, but not in hand. It will be 3 months already since interviews were cleared Will it give wrong signals to the company that is working on the offer? Should I wait or look out for my self? Also, does the “open to work” status add positive value to the job search
Or is it seen as red flag?

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If I already have a PM offer at TikTok, is it worth attending my MBB interviews?

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I interviewed with managers at PwC for a senior associate position (internal firm services, no consulting) a week ago. Should I send a follow up or wait a few more days?

My application status says is still under “interviewing”.

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I have interviews coming up with A&M (can’t tag for some reason) in the PEPI rapid results group. Could anyone provide an idea of best ways to prep for the verbal case or ‘analytics’ case? I assume the latter is going to end up being pivot tables

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Anyone know what the interview process (length) is for corporate reputation/ financial services team at FTI? I was interviewing for another team but they can’t fill the role now until March due to budget issues. Now I’m interviewing for this CR team. Thanks! @FTI Consulting

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MBB/T2 folks - would you be willing to do a 10 min rapid review of my resume? Getting rejected even without an interview, and not sure what’s up. ~2yrs in tech strategy, non-target school with high GPA and a business major. Applying for fresh grad roles. Either my resume is trash or I need to work on extra curricular more??? Happy to email it over/set up time. The more brutal the feedback the better!

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Hello All - I have a case study coming up with Alvarez & Marsal and would appreciate any insight/tips on what the firm is looking for besides the obvious have a framework, concise recs., and next steps. I will be looking to interview for the Business Technology team. Thanks in advance!

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How do you prepare your fit interviews?

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How long does it generally take after an interview for EY to reach out about an offer?

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Hi, does anyone have any experience with the Blockchain Digital Asset group at Deloitte? Have an upcoming interview for them.

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hello all - interviewing with Alvarez & Marsal for their Business Technology group out of UK office, and am curious to WLB & culture. From the people I've met, it would seem like there is a lot of work to be done, but people are welcoming and seems balanced enough. Is my assumption correct? Would appreciate any insight here. Thanks!

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Anybody feel like they’d face more discrimination if they leave consulting for industry? I’m an Asian woman and there’s a good number of us at Accenture… but going into industry where there is such an emphasis on “fit,” I feel like I’m being discounted during the interview process even though my resume and skills match the job description to a tee.

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