Case Book

CONSULTING CASE INTERVIEW

PREPARATION GUIDE

2005 - 2006 Recruiting Season

-2nd EditionDecember 5, 2005

BUSINESS SCHOOL

CONSULTING CLUB

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Contents

Editor’s note

Introduction to cases

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Administering cases

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Receiving cases

The case list

The cases

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Editor’s Note

Dear Michigan Consulting Club Member,

If you are reading this, then it is likely you are interested in pursuing a consulting career upon graduation from business

school. In order to increase your familiarity with the consulting interview format, the Michigan Consulting Club has

established a multilateral training program focusing on the different parts of the recruiting and interviewing process. This

book focuses on the ‘case-interview’ portion of the consulting interview and is to be used in conjunction with other caseoriented club training materials.

The elements tested in a case interview are core to firms’ hiring decisions. These cases, or mini-business problems, are a

glimpse into a consultant’s (and often the interviewer’s) life as they are frequently taken from real client experiences.

Given practice and experience, cases become a natural way of thinking about how you would structure approaches and

solutions to nearly any type of problem. Along the way, we hope you will find you enjoy solving problems in this manner,

and would enjoy performing this type of work for a living.

In order to facilitate your preparation, your fellow club members have recorded their real-life case interview experiences

and their customized frameworks and solution elements. These cases act as a strong reference point for what to expect

during a consulting interview, but are in no way all encompassing. Since each case comes down to a conversation

between the interviewer and the candidate, it is very plausible that one candidate could receive the same case from two

different interviewers...