# Quick Prep

> Case interview frameworks, fit interview coaching, sector primers, firm profiles, and a worked case library for candidates targeting McKinsey, BCG, and Bain.

Quick Prep publishes preparation material for management consulting interviews: case frameworks, worked case studies, fit interview guidance, sector primers and firm profiles. Content is written for candidates targeting McKinsey, BCG and Bain. Quick Prep is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any firm named in its content; firm names are used for identification and commentary only.

## Sections
- [Quick Prep](https://www.quickprep.ca/): Homepage. Management consulting interview preparation: what the site covers and where each section starts.
- [Case Interviews](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-interview/): The case interview hub: structuring, market sizing, exhibit reading and the practice routine behind them.
- [Fit Interviews](https://www.quickprep.ca/fit-interviews/): The fit and behavioural hub: story selection, follow-up questioning, and the motivation questions firms score.
- [Consulting Skills](https://www.quickprep.ca/consulting-services/): What consulting firms actually do, how engagements are structured, and the practice areas candidates are asked about.
- [Preparation Services](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/): Index of the nine preparation offerings, from case coaching through to resume and profile work.
- [Worked Case Studies](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/): Full case prompts with exhibits, worked analysis, and the pitfalls each one is built to expose.
- [Industry Primers](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/): Twelve sector primers covering business models, profit drivers and the metrics cases turn on.
- [Firm Profiles](https://www.quickprep.ca/firm-profiles/): How the interview process differs by firm, and what each one screens for at each stage.
- [Resources](https://www.quickprep.ca/resources/): Entry point to every section, organised by stage of preparation.
- [Career Center](https://www.quickprep.ca/career-center/): Recruiting rather than interviewing: resume review, networking strategy and application timing.
## Guides
- [Consulting Recruiting in Canada: Toronto, Cycles and Offices](https://www.quickprep.ca/consulting-recruiting-canada-toronto/): Consulting recruiting in Canada runs on the North American calendar but through a smaller market, where office choice, language and work authorisation matter more than they do elsewhere.
- [Consulting Digital Assessments: Pymetrics, SOVA and Aptitude Tests](https://www.quickprep.ca/consulting-digital-assessments-pymetrics-sova/): 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: The Online Case Experience Explained](https://www.quickprep.ca/bcg-casey-online-case-experience/): 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: What the Assessment Is and How to Prepare](https://www.quickprep.ca/mckinsey-solve-assessment-guide/): 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.
- [Market Sizing Case Interviews: A Complete Guide](https://www.quickprep.ca/market-sizing-case-interview-guide/): 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.
- [Practice Case: Transforming the Perception of Air Travel](https://www.quickprep.ca/practice-transforming-the-perception-of-air-travel-consulting-question/): 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.
- [Questions and Responses for Fit Interview](https://www.quickprep.ca/questions-and-responses-for-fit-interview/): Fit interview questions fall into four recurring families — motivation, experience, self-assessment and your questions for the interviewer — and each rewards a different kind of answer.
- [Frameworks and Practice for Merger & Acquisition Case](https://www.quickprep.ca/frameworks-and-practice-for-merger-acquisition-case/): An M&A case asks whether an acquisition creates value at the price offered, which turns on four questions — strategic rationale, target quality, valuation and integration.
- [Acing the Personal Experience Interview](https://www.quickprep.ca/acing-the-personal-experience-interview/): The Personal Experience Interview is McKinsey's structured behavioural round, in which one story is probed in depth across a single dimension rather than several stories being sampled briefly.
- [Market Entry Case Studies with Solutions](https://www.quickprep.ca/market-entry-case-studies-with-solutions/): Four market entry practice prompts with worked solutions, covering the arithmetic, the exhibit reading and the recommendation each one is designed to test.
- [Pricing Strategy Cases with Detailed Analyses](https://www.quickprep.ca/pricing-strategy-cases-with-detailed-analyses/): 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.
- [Strategy Consulting vs. Management Consulting](https://www.quickprep.ca/key-difference-strategy-consulting-vs-management-consulting/): Strategy consulting advises on which direction a business should take; management consulting covers the broader work of making an organisation function, including implementation.
- [Real-World Supply Chain Optimization Cases](https://www.quickprep.ca/real-world-supply-chain-optimization-cases/): 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.
- [McKinsey 7S Framework: A Case Interview Guide](https://www.quickprep.ca/mckinsey-7s-framework/): The McKinsey 7S Framework examines how seven parts of an organization fit together. Learn the elements, limitations and a practical interview application.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Behavioral Interviews in Consulting](https://www.quickprep.ca/the-ultimate-guide-to-behavioral-interviews-in-consulting/): A behavioural interview in consulting asks you to describe things you have actually done, on the premise that past behaviour predicts future behaviour better than stated intent does.
- [Consulting Case Math Techniques](https://www.quickprep.ca/consulting-case-math-techniques/): 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.
- [Retail Industry Cases: Examples to Test Your Consulting Skills](https://www.quickprep.ca/retail-industry-cases-examples-to-test-your-consulting-skills/): Retail cases run on a small set of metrics — sales per square foot, basket size, conversion, inventory turns — and three practice prompts show how each one carries an answer.
- [Winning Case Interview Opening Strategies](https://www.quickprep.ca/winning-case-interview-opening-strategies/): 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.
- [Business Intuition: Building Judgment for Case Interviews](https://www.quickprep.ca/understanding-business-intuition-development/): Business intuition in a case interview is calibrated judgment — knowing what a plausible margin, market size or cost structure looks like, so you notice when an answer is wrong.
## Worked case studies
- [Cracking the Growth Strategy Case Interviews](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/cracking-the-growth-strategy-case-interviews/): A growth strategy case interview asks how a business can increase revenue, profit or another stated measure of scale. You compare growth within existing markets with new products, customers or locations.
- [Digital Transformation Case Examples](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/digital-transformation-case-examples/): Practise digital transformation cases with business outcomes, adoption-adjusted economics, technology trade-offs, pilot design and worked interview examples.
- [Cost Reduction Case Studies for Consulting Interviews](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/cost-reduction-case-studies-for-management-consulting-interviews/): A cost reduction case interview asks you to lower a company’s spending while protecting the outcomes its customers need. You identify cost drivers, test why costs are high, and compare savings with implementation costs and risks.
- [Market Entry Interview Case Studies: From Beginner to Pro](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/market-entry-interview-case-studies-from-beginner-to-pro/): A market entry case interview asks whether a business should enter a new market and how it should compete there. You assess demand, competition, the client’s capabilities and entry economics.
- [Mastering M&A Case Studies: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/mastering-ma-case-studies-a-step-by-step-guide/): An M&A case interview asks whether a company should buy, merge with or invest in another business. You assess strategic fit, the target’s economics, deal value and integration risk.
- [Organizational Restructuring Case Studies](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/organizational-restructuring-case-studies-a-guide-for-interviews/): An organizational restructuring case interview asks how a business should change roles, reporting lines or ways of working to achieve a stated goal. You diagnose where the current design fails, compare alternatives and plan the transition.
- [New Product Development Case Studies](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/new-product-development-case-studies/): A new product development case interview asks whether and how a business should create or launch a product. You assess the customer need, market opportunity, delivery capabilities and financial case.
- [Supply Chain Optimization Case Interviews Guide](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/supply-chain-optimization-case-interviews-guide/): Learn to solve supply chain cases with service targets, inventory and freight calculations, ten practice scenarios, and a clear recommendation method.
- [Profitability Case Interview Question & Walkthrough](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/profitability-case-interview-question-walkthrough-2/): A profitability case interview walkthrough: how to isolate whether falling profit comes from revenue or cost, and what to test next.
- [Pricing Case Interview Guide for Beginners to Expert](https://www.quickprep.ca/case-studies/pricing-case-interview-guide-for-beginners-to-expert/): A pricing case interview asks you to recommend what a business should charge and explain how that price supports its objective. You compare costs, customer willingness to pay and competing offers.
## Firm profiles
- [Bain & Company](https://www.quickprep.ca/firm-profiles/bain-and-company/): Prepare for role-specific interviews, including digital assessments and cases for consulting applicants.
- [Boston Consulting Group](https://www.quickprep.ca/firm-profiles/boston-consulting-group/): Prepare to discuss your experience and demonstrate analytical thinking through a case conversation.
- [McKinsey & Company](https://www.quickprep.ca/firm-profiles/mckinsey-and-company/): Prepare for personal experience and problem-solving interviews, with role-specific assessment guidance.
## Services
- [Career Guidance](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/career-guidance/): Build a focused consulting recruitment plan that connects your experience, target roles, application priorities and interview preparation.
- [Case Interview Mastery](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/case-interview-mastery/): Develop the structure, quantitative reasoning, commercial judgment and clear communication needed to work through unfamiliar consulting cases.
- [Courses & Training](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/courses-training/): Organise consulting preparation into a purposeful learning sequence, combining core concepts, focused drills, full cases and reflective review.
- [Financial Modeling](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/finance-modeling/): Build financial models that connect business assumptions to profit, cash flow and investment decisions in consulting interviews.
- [Fit Interview Preparation](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/fit-interview-preparation/): Prepare specific, credible stories that show how you lead, collaborate, solve problems and learn, alongside a clear motivation for consulting.
- [Industry Analysis](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/industry-analysis/): Build sector fluency for consulting interviews by mapping value chains, business models, profit drivers and the industry conditions that change a case answer.
- [Market Analysis](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/market-analysis/): Learn to define and size a market, segment demand, assess competitors and turn an opportunity estimate into a defensible consulting recommendation.
- [Technical Skills Enhancement](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/technical-skills-enhancement/): Strengthen the quantitative, data interpretation and analytical tool skills that help you solve consulting problems accurately and explain the results.
- [Personal Branding](https://www.quickprep.ca/service/personal-branding/): Communicate a credible consulting candidate story through your resume, professional profile, networking introduction and evidence of impact.
## Sectors
- [Advanced Manufacturing](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/advanced-manufacturing/): Learn to diagnose factory bottlenecks, evaluate automation investments and connect manufacturing performance to profit in consulting case interviews.
- [Automotive & Mobility](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/automotive-mobility/): Build fluency in automotive and mobility cases covering vehicle margins, electric fleet economics, charging utilisation and transport platforms.
- [Agribusiness](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/agribusiness/): Prepare for agribusiness cases by connecting farm yields, commodity prices, processing margins, seasonal cash needs and routes to market.
- [Consumer Packaged Goods](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/): Learn to analyse consumer goods cases through price, volume, product mix, retail distribution, promotions and brand economics.
- [Energy & Natural Resources](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/energy-natural-resources/): Prepare for energy and resources cases by comparing asset economics, production constraints, commodity exposure and long-term investment decisions.
- [Financial Services](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/financial-services/): Learn to structure banking, insurance, payments and wealth-management cases using the revenue models, risk drivers and metrics each business requires.
- [Forest Products](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/forest-products/): Prepare for forest products cases by understanding timber recovery, mill utilisation, by-product value, transport costs and changing end markets.
- [Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/healthcare-life-sciences/): Learn to structure healthcare and life sciences cases around patients, providers, payers, treatment pathways and evidence-based commercial decisions.
- [Social & Public Sector](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/social-public-sector/): Learn to solve public and social sector cases by defining outcomes, comparing interventions, evaluating evidence and planning practical delivery.
- [Media & Entertainment](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/media-entertainment/): Prepare for media cases by connecting audience behaviour with subscriptions, advertising, content rights, platform fees and contribution economics.
- [Technology Services](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/technology-services/): Prepare for software and technology services cases using customer retention, contract economics, implementation effort, utilisation and cloud delivery costs.
- [Telecommunications](https://www.quickprep.ca/industries/telecommunications/): Learn to analyse telecom cases through subscriber retention, average revenue, coverage, network capacity, wholesale arrangements and investment returns.
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