Bain & Company What are some real case interview examples you’ve come across that surprised you? McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Bain & Company Oliver Wyman Accenture Strategy&

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I got current airplanes in the sky at like the 8th case of a T2 where everything else was practice related

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I’m sorry 😞 I hope you find something better.

I had a McKinsey partner ask me a month ago how much it would cost to send a rocket ship to space

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I didn’t know McK did estimation questions.

I got size of the recreational cannabis market and common pain points users suffer

For BCG? How did you go about that? That sounds very technical.

Got a cost reduction case at BCG and the direction the MDP was looking for was in the futures markets for financial hedging, really challenging

A third (final) round in an European office, and unfortunately by the time I sort of got there the MDP lost patience

For my Mck, a case was made from my resume (i was an investment banker who advised Robinhood).
For LEK, it was a case that partner was working and wanted to have a conversation. It was on the lines of Dubai Educational board trying to regulate fees of schools in Dubai.

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Interesting thing which happened here is iam cracking each every product based interviews now after my tough preparation for Amazon and getting higher packages than what Amazon would give. So whatever happens , happens for good. Cheers Amazon

Don't be sad that you couldn't get through a FAANG 🤙

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