Case skills
The case is scored on a handful of skills, and several firms publish which. These guides take one skill at a time, show what a strong answer looks like against published criteria, and drill the failure that shows up under a clock. Where two firms describe the same skill in incompatible terms, both descriptions appear rather than a blended one.
15 guides.
Case Interview Cheat Sheet: What Seven Firms Publish
A case interview cheat sheet built from the sixty-five instructions seven firms publish, counted side by side, with the four points where two contradict.
Case Interview Checklist: From Six Weeks Out to the Close
The 43 cases firms publish take 32 hours at 45 minutes each. One firm publishes a dated calendar. A full checklist built from what firms put in writing.
Case Interview Fit Questions: Ten That Firms Publish
Ten fit interview questions firms publish: McKinsey prints four themes with a question each, Accenture prints six, and BCG prints what it will never ask.
Case Interview Mistakes: Six a Firm Publishes Itself
BCG publishes six pitfalls, Accenture corrects three myths in print, and one rejected candidate says why he failed. The errors firms name, with the arithmetic.
The Case Interview Opening Statement, Step by Step
L.E.K. makes paraphrasing step one. Deloitte wants notes taken while the prompt is read. Oliver Wyman wants the structure justified. An opening built from all.
Case Interview Pressure: The Published Time Budget
Accenture publishes 45 to 60 minutes with 30 to 45 on the case. BCG Switzerland publishes 45. What the only public clocks say about composure and rehearsal.
Case Interview Synthesis: Answer First, Then Next Step
Deloitte alone publishes a sequence that demands a step after the recommendation. A Kearney analyst says never end on a number. A close, built and timed.
How Case Interviews Are Scored: The Published Evidence
One firm prints criteria under every question of its own case. Two publish a two-tier answer ladder. What that reveals about scoring, and what our weights add.
Communicating in a Case Interview: Say the Two Numbers
Bain publishes think aloud and take a pause on the same list. Kearney bans buzzwords by name. What to say out loud, and which numbers actually decide the case.
Handling Pushback in a Case Interview Without Folding
Kearney asks you to be coachable and firm at once. L.E.K. says stick to your approach and also rethink. How to tell new data from discomfort, with arithmetic.
Hypothesis Driven Cases: One Number That Kills a Branch
Four firms put hypotheses in their published case sequence. A Kearney analyst gives the sentence form. How to state one and design the figure that settles it.
The Pyramid Principle 2026: How to Use It, With Examples
The pyramid principle states your conclusion first and arranges every supporting fact under it. Its three levels, with worked examples in writing and in speech.
Reading Case Exhibits: The So What Before the Numbers
Oliver Wyman prints exhibit criteria under its own case questions. Accenture names the case type built from useless detail. A channel table read in four moves.
Recovering Mid-Case When You Get Stuck or Go Wrong
Kearney publishes written permission to say you are stuck. BCG names panic and silence as separate faults. How to recover, recompute out loud and keep the room.
What Case Interviewers Score: Four Published Lists
Oliver Wyman, Accenture, Deloitte and Simon-Kucher each publish case interview criteria. The four lists side by side, plus the weights we apply ourselves.