Case Interview Examples - McKinsey / BCG / Bain (August 2023 Update)

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This is the ultimate guide to finding and practicing the best case interview examples for August 2023.

And this guide is continually updated to maintain its freshness for the 2023 recruiting season.

You’re going to see interactive case interview samples provided by consulting firms as well as the best video case interview examples.

As another bonus, you’ll see cases from consulting club casebooks too.

So if you’re looking for the best and most realistic case interview examples you can find, then this is the guide for you.

 

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Contents

 

CHAPTER 1:

McKinsey Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 2:

BCG Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 3:

Bain Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 4:

Common Types of Case Interview Examples

Below you will find realistic case interview examples covering all the common types of interviews you’ll find at McKinsey, BCG, Bain and other top consulting firms.

Profitability Case Interview Example (#1)

Profitability Case Interview Example (#2)

Profitability Case Interview Example (#3)

New Market Entry Case Interview Example

New Product Launch Case Interview Example

Operations Case Interview Example

M&A Case Interview Example

Growth Strategy Case Interview Example

Pricing Strategy Case Interview Example

Competitive Threat Case Interview Example

 

CHAPTER 5:

Deloitte Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 6:

Accenture Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 7:

OC&C Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 8:

Oliver Wyman Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 9:

A.T. Kearney Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 10:

Strategy& / PWC Case Interview Examples

 

CHAPTER 11:

Consulting Club Case Interview Examples

 

BONUS CHAPTER:

Case Interview Diagnostic

This is a case interview diagnostic for McKinsey, BCG & Bain. See if you pass a realistic case interview from the top tier consulting firms.

 

Case Interview Examples FAQ

What are the best case interview examples to practice?

The best case interview examples to practice are the ones that come directly from the firms themselves. The top consulting firms, including McKinsey, BCG, and Bain, all provide real examples based on representative consulting projects. We’ve curated this entire list for your convenience as part of this Definitive Guide to Case Interview Examples.

 

What are the most common types of case interview examples?

The following case types are the most common ones: Profitability, New Market Entry, New Product Launch, Operations, M&A, Growth Strategy, Pricing Strategy, and Competitive Threat. You can practice examples of each of these case types in this Definitive Guide to Case Interview Examples.

What is a case interview?

A case interview is a job interview where the candidate is given a business problem that he/she must analyze and propose a solution to. Case interviews are designed to assess the candidate’s problem solving, analytical, creativity, and communication skills within a realistic business context.

How do you solve a case interview?

A case interview can be solved by breaking the business problem into its component parts. This includes structuring the problem, analyzing the key issues, conducting quantitative analysis, uncovering insights, coming up with creative solutions, and delivering recommendations supported by the case facts.

 

What are case interview questions?

There are six common case interview questions that show up during the majority of interviews with management consulting firms. 1) How would you structure this problem? 2) What questions would you ask? 3) What insights are you finding? 4) How would you calculate this business problem? 5) What ideas do you have to fix the problem? 6) How would you summarize your recommendation?

 

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