Hi all! I have interviews at BCG coming soon and I need to get up to speed on case interview preparation. I’ve never had MBB case interviews before and I’ve just started my preparation on crafting cases. I’m hearing quite a lot that it is important to practice with other people to have an optimal preparation and was wondering how true it was? I have nobody to practice with at the moment and I honestly don’t realise how crucial it is… any thoughts ?

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Definitely good to have but wouldn’t say you wouldn’t get an offer because you didn’t practice with other people. I was in your situation where I didn’t have others to practice with and just prepped solo. Worked out fine, I’m just one data point though.

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Definitely practice with others. Cold message if necessary, join casing groups from your university, local B schools, whatever

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Would definitely recommend practicing with other candidates to help build confidence/communication and get feedback - I used CaseCoach and did practice sessions with different people each time, I learned loads and ended up getting offers from Bain and McKinsey

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Thanks all for your advice! I’ll try to find people online to practice with

Also prepping for BCG- would love to connect with y’all

I’d recommend rocketblocks.me

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