Is there an online place where I can find case interview practice buddies? I'm a PhD student from a different background than business and my university's business school mainly comprises undergrads who don't seem to enjoy my company.

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CaseCoach.
It has prep materials and live cases section with other peope interested in consulting. That was enough for me to get to BCG. BCG provides free access to every ADC (advanced degree applicants which includes PhD) who gets a 1st round interview.

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Awesome, thanks so much!

Management consulted will but I think you have to pay an absurd amount to have a “coach”. If you don’t want to pay - I’m sure there are others on here that would love to help. As a matter of fact, it would probably be beneficial to do it with a stranger.

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Plenty have done it on their own. That being said, it’s better to be over prepared than underprepared with your background. Here’s the thing - these cases aren’t that hard. Everyone acts like it measures some kind of intellect or evaluates the way you think. At the end of the day, it doesn’t. It’s a repetition game.

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I used to use caseinterview .com

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Thanks! Did you have practice buddies too?

Go to your school’s career center. Every major (and non-major) university has one. Get your tuition’s worth!

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Ok I'll check it out, thanks!

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This was me 4 years ago. I have a PhD in the humanities and figured my best bet was just killing the case interview. Tbh, I found my best case partners on Reddit. I met two consistent case partners and probably did ~10-15 practice sessions with each of them over a few months. Also feel free to dm me if you want to chat more generally about non-traditional backgrounds breaking into consulting ... I am a big advocate of stirring the pot with non-business, non-engineering folks, very adamantly believe there's a value in bringing different ways of thinking onto a consulting team.

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Thank you, I just DMd you!

network with the undergrad students at other school’s consulting clubs near your city on LinkedIn

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