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Case (Job) Interview Tools and Resources for Job-Seekers

 

Tools and resources for case interviews, where the job-seeker is asked to analyze a situation in a short timeframe.

 

A selection of companies that conduct case interviews:

• A.D. Little
• A.T. Kearney
• Accenture (for some opportunities; used in third round of interviewing)
• Akibia
• Bain & Co.
• Booz Allen & Hamilton
• Boston Consulting Group
• Corporate Executive Board
• Deloitte Consulting
• DiamondCluster International (Diamond Technology Partners)
• Mainspring
• Marakon Associates
• MarketBridge
• McKinsey
• Oliver Wyman Group (Mercer Management Consulting)
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers (MBA level)
• Roland Berger and Partners
• SCA Consulting
• Sibson & Company
• Towers Perrin

 

Books/e-Books

 

Ace Your Case: Essential Management Consulting Workbook. Wet Feet Press.

 

Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation, by Marc P. Cosentino. Burgee Press.

 

Mastering the Case Analysis: The MBA Guide to Management, Marketing, And Strategic Consulting Case Interviews, by Alexander Chernev. Brightstar Media, Inc.

 

The Wharton MBA Case Interview Study Guide, Volume I, The Wharton MBA Case Interview Study Guide, Volume II. Wet Feet Press.

 

The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Investment Banking and Securities Trading, by Mariam Naficy. Broadway.

 

Company Sites with information about case-interview preparation:

 

McKinsey's Case Interview.

 

Boston Consulting Group's Interview Prep, which also includes:
--Practice Case
--Interactive Case


 

Bain & Company's Practice Case Interview, which includes:
--Undergraduate Case
--Graduate Case


 

WetFeet.com shows a video of a Bain & Company case interview through Windows Media or Real Networks.

 

Oliver Wyman Groups's (MMC) Interview Preparation, which includes 3-step case prep:
--What is a Case Interview?
--How to Approach a Case
--Interactive Practice Cases

 

Other Web sites with information about case interview preparation:

 

Case interview questions and resources from job-interview.net.

 

Case Interview Strategies, from IMahal.com.

 

Case Interview Cheat Sheet (pdf).

 

Fee-Based Case Interviewing Services

 

MBACASE: Case Interviewing Coaching.

 

Note: You can find even more information about job interviews by going to Quintessential Careers: Job Interviewing Resources.