MBB folks, question for you. I have my interview coming in 10 days and I'm a tad nervous about the case. I'll be able to get though about 18 cases total but I read some stuff online stating that....

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Do until comfortable.
Key is doing them with real people, ideally from the target firm. By yourself is less helpful.

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Practice until you're confident. Some people actually over-rehearse which impedes creativity during the case. I'm sure you'll do a great job with 18 cases under the belt. Good luck, have fun and let us know how it went!

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Case interview styles are different across MBB, so be sure to practice with someone from the firm you're interviewing with.

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With some lead time and a work reason it's fine. The day before looks bad.

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What above said. I did about 6 live practice cases before my interviews, but reading cases did nothing. It's so different!

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^ yes and yes. I came through MBA recruitment so findings cases and partners was relatively trivial. Probably did 18-20. Best bet is to Google MBA case books. Kellogg and Wharton have great ones

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People go through 30-40 cases! I can't even find that many cases. On average, how many cases do people go through? Or is it a do as many till you're comfortable situation?

preplounge.com is a good resource to find people to do skype cases with if you don't have enough real people available.

I did a mix of live and by myself. Used the solo ones to refine my approach and make it repeatable: was my framework appropriate for the prompt? Did I ask the right follow up questions? Did I pick the right spot to go to first? If any of these answers was no - why? Blunder or error in approach? If the later, adjust the approach.
It was also helpful to practice identifying key words in prompts.

This is awesome. Thanks guys! Also, if I need to re schedule, will that look bad?

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