A comprehensive guide for anyone preparing for case interviews in management consulting.

I originally created this document during the summer before applying for consulting jobs. The goal was to collect everything I needed to know before starting case practice in one structured document. CaseCoach was an important source during my preparation, and I supplemented the material with additional frameworks, financial metrics, formulas, examples, tips and tricks.

The guide takes you

A comprehensive guide for anyone preparing for case interviews in management consulting.

I originally created this document during the summer before applying for consulting jobs. The goal was to collect everything I needed to know before starting case practice in one structured document. CaseCoach was an important source during my preparation, and I supplemented the material with additional frameworks, financial metrics, formulas, examples, tips and tricks.

The guide takes you from the basics of management consulting and what interviewers actually look for, through the different components of a case interview and how to approach each of them.

Among other things, the document covers:
- How consulting firms assess candidates
- Case interview structure and approach
- Structuring and MECE thinking
- The most important case frameworks and when to use them
- Profitability, growth, market entry, pricing, M&A, investment, cost cutting and more
- Case math and calculation techniques
- How to generate insights and interpret results
- Creativity and brainstorming
- Synthesis and recommendations
- Case leadership, communication and presence
- Estimation and market-sizing cases
- Written cases
- Key clarifying questions to memorize
- Important business and financial metrics and formulas
- Case and fit interview scorecards for evaluating your own performance

The document is designed both as an introduction before you begin practicing cases and as a reference guide you can return to throughout your interview preparation.