LOMS vs. Crafting Cases for interview prep? Also, any preferred case books for practice cases for M?

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Can recommend Case in Point. Also be aware M cases are not open ended like the cases in lots of books - they are a sequence of prompts where you will take a pause, sketch out an answer, and then respond. E.g. the client wants to expand into Canada, what would you consider - then you draw a framework, present, and are given another question e.g. okay they decided you are right, they are going to spend 10m dollars, and here’s a projected forecast - how long will it take them to pay it back? Then you pause, calculate and answer, then next question.

All of the Victor Cheng style stuff about one long conversation where you probe for info is basically obsolete.

Edit: I explained this badly, but just got an offer at M. DM me if you want.

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Imo interviewee led cases are like a game of minesweeper - I find it much easier to just be asked a chain of self contained questions, but to each their own.

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The McK website has a few practice cases to give you a feel for the format.

From there pretty much any case book works to help you practice the thinking even if the format isn’t identical

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Crafting Cases, then a few practice cases that are high quality reps, the LOMS (1 LOMS then one case where you try and take what you learned and use it), rinse and repeat 8 times (for 8 LOMS cases), then do the cases on McK website when you’re at an advanced level to ensure you’re getting the most value out of them. LMK if you want any other advuce

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