I suck at case interviews. :( Engineering undergrad and currently in a tech consulting role. Feel like I lack general business knowledge. Had an interview today for a Strategy position and feeling discouraged. I am great at setting up a framework but I struggle with progressing the case (anticipating what’s next) and the math. What resources can I use that don’t require spending $200-400 on a course? Or, if it really is a matter of taking a course, which one should I take?

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There are bunch of free resources on the internet that business schools put out - matter of just putting in the right search words. I know NYU, duke, UPenn, insead have good material out there

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Thanks! I tried these back in college and didn’t think to look back at them. I’ll see how these work for me before paying for a course

Very few people are naturally good at cases. They exist but generally most strategy consultants I know spent A LOT of time doing practices cases. It is really one of those things where you get out of it what you put into it.

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I’m definitely willing to put in the work to improve — I guess just kind of overwhelmed by the resources out there

OP, I was so scared of them. I’d never even heard of them when I got my BCG interview and I had four weeks to prep. No prior consulting experience and I came from enterprise tech sales.

What I came to see is more than anything else, it’s a pressure test. The job does see you absolutely drenched with NOISE all the time, in a high pressure, “feedback oriented” environment. Are you going to crack? Are you cool under pressure? Can you at least give off the appearance of being cool under pressure?

A couple of my case performances were not great (BCG told me so!) but I was so strong on the other qualities they look for, I got through. It isn’t about business knowledge or even passing the case.

I have some old resources I used that I’m happy to share with you if you DM.

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Following, same boat 🥲

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Same! I feel so dumb after case interviews. I’ve been reading a bunch of books, but I think practicing multiple CI is the best way to get over the imposter syndrome. Looking for resources as well.

Where are you interviewing? I’ll give you a case DM me

Thank you so much for the offer! I’ll dm you

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