Guides, frameworks, and worked examples filed under Case Interview.
The case interview is the part of the process that decides most outcomes, and it is the most trainable. These articles cover the full arc: opening a case cleanly, building a structure that fits the specific question, doing mental arithmetic without losing the thread, reading exhibits quickly, and closing with a recommendation that a client could act on. Alongside the technique pieces you will find walkthroughs of complete cases, so you can see how the parts fit together under time pressure rather than in isolation. The material assumes you will practise out loud with a partner, because the skill being assessed is communication under load, not private problem solving. Read for the reasoning behind each move rather than the move itself. Interviewers have seen every memorised framework, and what distinguishes a strong candidate is the ability to explain why this structure suits this problem.
Consulting digital assessments are the online screens firms run before the interview rounds — behavioural game batteries such as Pymetrics, and aptitude and situational tests such as SOVA.
BCG Casey is a chatbot-led online case that BCG uses to screen candidates, running a compressed case conversation with multiple-choice, chart and written-response questions.
McKinsey Solve is the digital assessment McKinsey uses to screen candidates before the case interview rounds, built around scenario games rather than questions with recallable answers.
A market sizing case asks you to estimate the size of a market from a handful of known facts, building the number from a stated structure rather than recalling it.
A full practice case with the interviewer's prompt, the data released on request, the arithmetic and a model recommendation — an airline consortium with a budget and a perception problem.
Four market entry practice prompts with worked solutions, covering the arithmetic, the exhibit reading and the recommendation each one is designed to test.
Four pricing practice prompts with full arithmetic, covering the break-even volume behind a price change, willingness to pay, tiering and the response of a competitor.
Three supply chain practice prompts with worked solutions, covering inventory and service trade-offs, network design arithmetic and the cost of a single sourcing decision.
The McKinsey 7S Framework examines how seven parts of an organization fit together. Learn the elements, limitations and a practical interview application.
Case maths is the mental arithmetic a case interview requires — estimation, percentages, growth rates and simple financial relationships, done out loud and without a calculator.
A case interview opening is the first two to three minutes in which you restate the problem, confirm the objective, ask clarifying questions and present a structure.