How did you start doing cases? Right now I’m reading the usual and recommended “Case in point” book but once done, you just do case after case in order to cover all the possible scenarios? Maybe I’m overthinking it…

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I personally preferred “hacking the case interview”, I find “case in point” to be awful if you already know something about business as it is way too structured to work in the real world unless you plan on memorizing 10+ frameworks.

But yes, you find a casebook (many business schools have them) and a case partner and you start casing and giving cases. Try to do a bit of everything at the beginning and then focus on what you struggle more or what the companies you are targetting tend to ask

Hi there - I am an ex-McKinsey EM. Now an consulting interview coach (casecoach). I would suggest to not use case in point. There are much better materials out there. I would probably start with doing the free course on crafting cases and reading Darden MBa casebook 2020-2021. I would supplement these with a few sweet videos on YouTube by management consulted, crafting cases etc. feel free to DM me in case you have other questions about how to prepare, what resources to use etc. optimize for quality over quantity

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