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What is the culture like, type of work and reputation of Capco in the Data & Analytics space?
I have some good ex colleagues who moved over there and also looked up on LinkedIn and see lots of seemingly smart and accomplished people in their D&A team in the UK.
I'll ask my ex colleagues too, but wanted to see if people here have any opinion or information on this too.
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Overall, don’t be too nervous. These interviews can be fun. You don’t have the get the answer perfectly right. What they are looking for is someone who they can work with, adapt quickly and come across confidently. The below are some key things to get you started.
1. MECE and clear communication:
Learn about the MECE (Mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive) concept, and make sure you keep this at the back of your mind as you work through the cases. Also, make sure you are communicating in a clear, top-down way (e.g., “next I’m going to look at these 3 factors, 1…, 2…,3…) it helps your interviewer keep track of what you’re doing and shows them you can communicate clearly.
2. Frameworks:
Here’s the main ones( https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/mckinsey-case-interview-blog/118288068-case-interviews-frameworks-comprehensive-guide ). Use this as a starting point. Recommend practicing cases live (lots of YouTube videos to help with this) and don’t be scared to deviate from the frameworks. They just serve as a guide……. Practice as many cases as possible ahead of your interview.
3. Math:
make sure your mental arithmetic is really strong before. You’ll be expected to calculate things to solve your case and no calculators allowed.
4. General stats:
Read up on some stats. You may be expected to do a market sizing where things like knowing major exchange rates, populations of key local cities/countries and other figures (like gdp etc) is very helpful.
5. Industry knowledge:
Do some reading on key industry developments. Cover the major ones like Energy, metals and mining, financial services, etc. you’ll want to know who the key players are, any M&A, and what their big challenges are.
Good luck!!
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Honestly thank you so much for this detailed response i really appreciate it, solid advice.
I feel a better now haha.
I also heard case in point is a good resource so will use that as well.
Once again thank you so much.
Clear communication and driving the case in a way the interviewer can follow is key.
You want a clear and simple structure. Make sure (as K1 said above) the structure is MECE at each level.
Make sure you stay aligned to answering the key question and make it clear how every part of answer and solution answers that.
Follow up: is this an STA (Strategic Thinking Assessment)? We do those in strategy in the UK and are a different thing to the case.
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Ah that totally makes sense yeah I get that.
So the accenture case is not like the typical MBB one where you need to do alot of maths drills and new data comes into light? You collaborate more with the interviewer and drill down on the business problem and the solution but you will drive this and essentially take the interviewer on the solving journey?
If you dont mind me asking how long did it take you to prepare?
In terms of specific resources, Crafting Cases is a great resource. They have a free course that teaches the individual skills tested in interviews and it offers good insights generally on how to think through a case. Depends how much time you have, but have a look at their material.
Wholistically, really focus on learning how to think through the client question and goal, and verbalising clearly a plan that shows exactly data is needed to answer the question, how you intend to get it and test it, and beyond the quant, what qualitative factors can make or break the case when the data looks good. i.e., understand *why* generic framework have those specific buckets most of the time and adapt accordingly to the ask at hand. In terms of specific areas, if you are new, then i would advise working on your structuring (framework drills and estimations/market sizing). Deep estimations are structuring 101 so do a lot of that (even if the firm you're applying to isnt known to give standalone estimation interview cases). This skill will translate into good brainstorming, structuring math during calculations, and even organising your closing thoughts at the end.
Agree with what others have said. The only thing I’ll add is you can’t prepare for every situation but what you can do is follow a process and trust your ability to think logically.
Key at the start of the case/following the prompt to ask clarifying questions, so you have enough information to define the key business question you’re solving for. This should help guide your thinking and structure
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Ah right makes sense yeah I get that thank you for the great advice.
If you dont mind me asking how long did it take you to prepare?
Hello, If I may ask, how did the interview go? What was the level of difficulty and please suggest some tips as I have a case interview lined up with accenture next week. Many thanks