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Three guides, in this order: the method, what gets scored, and how to schedule your practice.
Answer First: The Pyramid Principle for Emails and Decks
Lead with the answer, group your points and put them in a logical order. A practical guide to the pyramid principle for emails and decks, with a full rewrite.
9 min read
Networking Into Consulting Without Being Awkward
How to network into consulting with no contacts: who to message first, sample LinkedIn and email notes, coffee chat questions, and how to earn a referral.
8 min read
What a First-Year Consultant Does All Day
How a consulting project is run, who sits on the team, a sample week, what a first-year owns, how reviews work, and who tends to enjoy the job and who leaves.
8 min read
Hypothesis-Driven Problem Solving: A Practical Guide for Managers
A practical guide for managers: write a testable hypothesis, build the issue tree beneath it, run the analysis that could disprove it fastest, then decide.
9 min read
The Consulting CV: What a Screener Reads in 30 Seconds
A consulting CV gets a fast first read. Learn the one-page format, impact bullets with numbers, a before and after rewrite, and the mistakes screeners reject.
9 min read
How to End a Case Interview: Giving a Strong Recommendation
The last 60 seconds of a case often decide the outcome. Learn a simple structure for an answer-first recommendation with reasons, risks and next steps.
5 min read
How to Prepare for a Consulting Fit Interview (PEI): Stories, Structure and Follow-Ups
A practical guide to the fit and personal experience interview: how to build a story bank, structure each answer, and handle the follow-ups that catch people out.
9 min read
Consulting Numerical Reasoning Tests: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Many firms screen applicants with a timed numerical test before any interview. What these tests involve, the question types to expect, and how to prepare.
6 min read
A 4-Week Case Interview Prep Plan (With a Weekly Schedule)
A realistic four-week plan for case interview prep: how many cases to do each week, what to focus on, and how to fit in fit and numerical practice.
6 min read
How to Structure a Case Interview: A Practical Framework
A repeatable process for turning any case prompt into a MECE, hypothesis-led structure in under two minutes, without leaning on a memorized template.
9 min read
Case Interview Math: The Mental Math Shortcuts That Actually Matter
You don't need advanced maths for a case interview, but you need speed and accuracy on percentages, growth and break-even. These are the shortcuts that matter.
9 min read
The 5 Skills Every Case Interview Actually Tests
Interviewers score a case interview on five separate skills. A guide to what each one means in practice and the most common way candidates lose points on it.
7 min read
Market Sizing in Case Interviews: A Step-by-Step Approach With a Worked Example
Market sizing questions test structure and judgement more than maths. Learn the top-down and bottom-up methods, with a worked example you can copy.
9 min read
How Many Case Interviews Do You Actually Need to Practice?
Most candidates need 30 to 40 full, timed cases to walk in ready. A guide to where that number comes from, and how to tell whether you need fewer or more.
6 min read
How to Solve a Profitability Case (Without Reciting a Framework)
Profitability is the most common case type. How to structure one around the client's real situation, find where profit is leaking, and land a recommendation.
9 min read
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