🔥Successful MBB lateral hires (no MBA), how many cases did run through before your final round interview? Realize # doesn’t matter, but curious to know.....

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Would argue that Partner is absolutely necessary

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I did about 35 before my first round and anther 7-8 before my final round. Have never seen someone get in with less than 25 with exception to some Harvard MBA students, where they teach via the case method and lateral hires from other consulting firms who have done similar prep relatively recently.

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Bout 10 with a partner and a ton by myself just reading the prompt and structuring the problem / frameworking

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30-50

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I was referring to cases, not partners

Second 30-50 with a partner, yes

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~20, and only 2 with a partner - my key was taking detailed notes of the “top 6” keys to each case (e.g., concepts or business concepts), and reviewing these concepts fairly consistently during prep

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Amazing! Did you not feel pressure during the quant parts of the case having only practiced it twice live?!

Around 20 should be sufficient. Partner isn’t really necessary.

Yep, just read the prompts to myself and worked/talked through the solution on my own, then reviewed the answer key’s recommended answers until I had internalized. Most useful was reading Victor Cheng’s book on answer structuring. This worked for McK, as it is interviewer led, but might not be as effective for the interviewee led cases BCG and Bain conduct. Good luck!

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