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"In Case Interview Secrets, you'll discover step-by-step instructions on how to dominate what many consider to be the most complex, most difficult, and most intimidating corporate job interview in the world--the infamous case interview. Victor Cheng, a former McKinsey management consultant, reveals his proven, insider's method for acing the case interview. Having personally secured job offers from McKinsey, Bain & Company, Monitor, L.E.K., Oliver Wyman, and A.T. Kearney, he has also been a McKinsey case interviewer--providing you with a hands-on, real-world perspective on what it really takes to land job offers. Cheng's protégées work in all the major strategy management consulting firms, including McKinsey, The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Monitor Company, A.T. Kearny, Oliver Wyman, L.E.K., Roland Berger, Accenture, and Deloitte, as well as in the strategic planning departments of numerous Fortune 500 companies. Whether you're an undergraduate, BA, PhD, or experienced-hire applicant candidate, you'll discover: what case interviewers really say about you behind closed doors but wouldn't dare tell you--until now; the subtle yet specific performance differences that separate those who get management consulting offers from those who don't; the 10 biggest mistakes candidates make in case interviews (and how to avoid them); the 3 specific things interviewers expect in the first 5 minutes of a case that often decide the outcome on the spot; and an insider's take on what interviewers really look for and why--and how to give them what they want." - from Worldcat.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW --- 1. Introduction --- 2. The seven types of evaluation tools --- PART TWO: QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS --- 3. McKinsey problem solving test --- 4. Estimation questions --- PART THREE: CASE INTERVIEW FUNDAMENTALS --- 5. Why case interviews exist --- 6. What interviewers look for and why --- 7. The core problem-solving tools --- 8. The hypothesis --- 9. The issue tree --- 10. Drill-down analysis --- 11. Synthesis --- PART FOUR: FRAMEWORKS --- 12. Core frameworks --- 13. Profitability framework --- 14. Business situation framework --- 15. Mergers and acquisitions framework --- 16. Frameworks in action --- PART FIVE: THE CANDIDATE-LED CHASE --- 17. How to open a candidate-level case --- 18. How to analyze a candidate-led case --- 19. How to close a candidate-led case --- PART SIX: VARIATIONS ON THE CANDIDATE-LED CHASE --- 20. The interviewer-led case --- 21. The written case interview --- 22. The group case interview --- 23. The presentation-only case interview --- PART SEVEN: GETTING THE JOB OFFER --- 24. How to get multiple job offers --- 25. How to project confidence --- 26. The ten most common mistakes to avoid --- 27. Advanced case interview resources.