Just completed an online practice case from BCGs site and didn’t do too well on the analytical side. What formulas or things should I definitely know when it comes to the actual interview?

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I reccomend trying to do a couple of live cases over zoom (a lot if you can, ideally). Equations are good to know but I think its more important that you know what to use AS well as WHEN to use it.

To give context: I had my BCG interview last week and the partner wanted me to make this weird shortcut in the math that there was no way I could have prepared for because it was so case specific.

But in general: perpetuity valuation, ROI, general %'s, payback time, etc. Usually there is a site or 2 with basically a "master list".

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Not comfortable sharing too many details TBH as this was a recent interview.

But it was just skipping a couple steps by using numbers I had already calculated.

C1 when you say that the partner asked you to do a math shortcut, do you mean that he/she asked you to incorporate a computation method in the middle of the case?

Online case doesn’t translate well to your prep. I had done over the over 25 cases before the interview and the online case was a complete curve ball.

Any examples? How to best prepare for the online case then?

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