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	<title>Comments on: Part 2: Preparing for Your Case Interview to Get Bulletproof</title>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<description>True, I like the cases in Case in Point, but the idea is to get used to the *thinking* process, and I certainly wouldn&#039;t recommend anyone to learn it by heart! Also, there might be a gap of popularity of this book between the US and Europe ; )

Anyway, great resources from the Georgia Tech Consulting Club, thanks!
Another interesting thing to know: some consultancies actually organize mock cases workshops, sometimes by free registration (and then selection, of course), sometimes organized by some biz-school alumni within the firm. However, it&#039;s not always easy to find out about these events, and I haven&#039;t found a single website that was putting together the details of such events for all top consultancies. Any idea?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True, I like the cases in Case in Point, but the idea is to get used to the *thinking* process, and I certainly wouldn&#8217;t recommend anyone to learn it by heart! Also, there might be a gap of popularity of this book between the US and Europe ; )</p>
<p>Anyway, great resources from the Georgia Tech Consulting Club, thanks!<br />
Another interesting thing to know: some consultancies actually organize mock cases workshops, sometimes by free registration (and then selection, of course), sometimes organized by some biz-school alumni within the firm. However, it&#8217;s not always easy to find out about these events, and I haven&#8217;t found a single website that was putting together the details of such events for all top consultancies. Any idea?</p>
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		<title>By: Shawn Lankton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great comments.  &quot;Case in Point&quot; is a good resource, but overused IMHO.  The McKinsey and BCG websites have great info.

I refrained from suggesting &quot;Case in Point&quot; directly because many people that I&#039;ve helped prepare have *memorized* the book.  That&#039;s a mistake.  It&#039;s clear when a person is gives canned &quot;case-in-point&quot; answers, and it is a turn-off.  The book has its place, but use it sparingly ; )

The case prep resources on the McKinsey and BCG sites are *awesome* though.  You should definitely check those out... especially if you&#039;re planning to interview with one of those companies...  They tell you *exactly* what they&#039;re looking for in the interview!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great comments.  &#8220;Case in Point&#8221; is a good resource, but overused IMHO.  The McKinsey and BCG websites have great info.</p>
<p>I refrained from suggesting &#8220;Case in Point&#8221; directly because many people that I&#8217;ve helped prepare have *memorized* the book.  That&#8217;s a mistake.  It&#8217;s clear when a person is gives canned &#8220;case-in-point&#8221; answers, and it is a turn-off.  The book has its place, but use it sparingly ; )</p>
<p>The case prep resources on the McKinsey and BCG sites are *awesome* though.  You should definitely check those out&#8230; especially if you&#8217;re planning to interview with one of those companies&#8230;  They tell you *exactly* what they&#8217;re looking for in the interview!</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there,

I&#039;d recommend the &quot;Case in Point&quot; Cosentino book, which has been recommended to me numerous times, and with which I know many people (including myself) successfully practiced for job interviews at consulting firms like BCG, McKinsey, etc.

I&#039;ve had a brief look at the &quot;Ace the Case&quot; serie, which seems fine but I didn&#039;t practice with it. Also, McKinsey, Bain and others offer online example of case interviews.

Matt</description>
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<p>I&#8217;d recommend the &#8220;Case in Point&#8221; Cosentino book, which has been recommended to me numerous times, and with which I know many people (including myself) successfully practiced for job interviews at consulting firms like BCG, McKinsey, etc.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had a brief look at the &#8220;Ace the Case&#8221; serie, which seems fine but I didn&#8217;t practice with it. Also, McKinsey, Bain and others offer online example of case interviews.</p>
<p>Matt</p>
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