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Ace Your Case! : Consulting Interviews : The WetFeet.com Insider Guide (Insider Guides Series : Company Insider)

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This book is NOT good for advanced degree candidates trying to get a job in consulting. One problem is that the book does NOT stress the importance of trying to find non-trivial and key points in case interviews. There is too much emphasis on frameworks. In real interview you don't have time to go and explore all elements of a framework. Instead you often need to quickly identify key issues and present out-of-the-box ideas. If you are PhD, after reading that book, you'll get inclined in the somewhat wrong direction. You may do better if you never heard of frameworks and don't care about absolute completeness of your answer, but use your time to find "think different" ideas. (It is possibly not the case for MBA's though.)

if you dont have much preparation time. While it provided a great overview of the interview process, I thought the frameworks were a bit over-simplified for MBA interviews. It definitely helped me relax before my interview and it was easy to read on the flight, but I thought the stuff available for free on vault.com was much more useful. If you have time to really prepare properly save your money and dont bother with this one.

I thought ace your case was a practical guide and helps relax you a little for your interview. Also try the Vault Guide to the Case Interview and the harvard guide to consulting. Good luck.

This guide has several good frameworks for attacking a case interview and some good examples. Also recommended: The Vault Guide to the Case Interview and the Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms.

While this guide may have once been useful, in my opinion it has
become out of date. In my experience consulting firms have recently
dramatically changed the format of case interview questions and more
recent reflection of the new trends in case interviewing can be better
found...

If you're thinking about walking into an interview with a management consulting firm, I highly recommend you read this booklet first. If anyone you're interviewing against has read it and you haven't, they've got a great advantage over you.

I felt totally relaxed in my interviews after having read over the practice case questions. While the booklet is not a replacement for practice, it is a must read before you begin interviewing.

I found this report was disappointing and out of date. A more useful report on case interviews is the Vault.com 2002 Guide to the Case Interview or the harvard guide to consulting.

The book is a must for those who 'dread' the case questions during consulting interviews. The book highlights the possible questions and provides tips on how to impress your interviewer.