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Mastering THE CASE INTERVIEW 'nibl. 5. Commoa Open-Bnded Inee"l - PART III. THE CASE QUESTION Que.doD. I I What are your snatest strengths? Weair.neuesl Why should I hire you? Tell me about younelf. Who are you? What are your three greatest achievements? wltat three chinl' mu.t you do in your life? Where do you
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Mastering the Case InterviewMASTERING THE CASE INTERVIEW
Table 5.1
Common Open-Haded Interview Questions
‘What sre your greaex strengtha? Wesknoner?
Why should tite you?
Tell me about youre.
Who ate you?
How do you like your school?
‘What i your favorite book and why?
‘What are your three greatest achievements?
‘What are your three greatest failures?
‘What three things must you doin your lie?
‘What are your dress?
‘Where do you sce yourself in five years? Ten year?
- What kind of people do you like? Dstike?
‘What would you like me to know thi is not already in your resume?
How do you spend your fre time?
Why are you here?
How would you describe your ideal job?
Which other companies are you interviewing with? Why?
‘What do you know sbout our firm?
‘How will sn experience with us belp your career?
| Why did you choose to go to school A? Why not schoo! B?
+ | Why did you leeve your last job?
‘Which courses have you liked the moat? The least?
| \ Do you le to travel?
{What do you think of the stock market's performance?
i ‘over the last few year?
‘What have you done with your
it Your greatest weakness?” you should think of a weakness that could
also be considered a strength, such as paying meticulous attention to
detail, Naturally, you can not anticipate and practice all the open.
cnded questions that you may get. But with some practice, you can
avdid becoming flustered, and learn to deal with the tough questions
by falling back on your commercial
PART Ill. THE CASE QUESTION
We finally come to the case question. You have had your chance to de-
velbp a rapport with the interviewer in the firs few minutes, and ex.
plain why you possess the skills required to be a consultant in the
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PaRT Ill. THE CASE QUESTION
Subsequent 5 to 10 minutes. Over the next 20 to 30 ‘minutes, you will
have to prove that you can think “on-the-fly” and actually behave
like the consultant you promise to be,
As mentioned, case questions are intentionally. abstract, usually ob-
teat 2nd puzzling, and often technical. Their primary Pe
test a candidate's ability to thi
monly (revit, or astumptions you must make based on othes wae
monly known information. Even if you have no background to help
requiring intense quantitative analysis to demanding purely abstract
Tha £34 questions can be grouped into 10 brosd types.
THble 5.2 illutrates these types with a sample case question for each,
‘You will find a set of 100 case questions in
You tell me about something that dida’t work well at the benke od
how you would have improved it?” This question may actually be a