Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation, Fourth Edition

It is complete, with plenty of explanations, and gives a lot of examples to practice! The theory is clear and schematic.

I think it's the best book on the market. But this book cannot cover all. So, I recommand to read the other books which have different styles. For example, Ace Your Case or Crack The Case. -GOOD- 1. Ivy Case System can give you a guideline. It's worth reading. 2. It explains well how to proceed - defining the problem, setting the goal and so on. 3. This book has many cases than the other books. And they are categorized. -BAD- 1. All books on the market regard the case as a quiz on the desk. But the real case is a simulation of REAL consulting practice. For example, you may have to suggest HOW you support your hypos in real case interviews. 2. All books on the market do not emphasize the consultant's thinking process. For example, MECE and hypo-driven approach. This book also do not clearly show which issue tree the interviewee uses and how he eliminate his hypos. 3. Ivy Case System is too hard to remember. In this point, Crack The Case is better. 4. The cases are too short to see the interaction. One case is just 2~3 pages. So, it has some distance from the REAL interview. Ace Your Case is better in this point.

This is a great way to study for your consulting interview!

The framework suggested my the book is useful however the interviewee shouldn't solve the case in a very structured way. That may be disliked by the interviewer. Some cases were good but some cases required prior knowledge of the issue. Good book, not the best. You should better read others as well.

Great book to prepare for a case interview.

This is a great book, and I hope not everyone will buy it so that those who do will have some competitive advantage. It gives a LOT of practice problems, and the solutions are not always helpful, but the book and its frameworks are great.

I'm a pre-med student who had little intention of going into consulting. By mostly happenchance, I landed myself into the interview room with McKinsey. The majority of my preparation was simply reading (at times re-reading) this book. It worked. This book is a fine introduction to case studies for students relatively unfamiliar with their structure. I would be more hesitant in recommending this book for the better informed, though there is still a trove of useful information for those types as well. The major strength of this book is not the Ivy System (or whatever fanciful name it touts). The system(s) the book presents are of secondary importance to its actual strength: the numerous simulated case interviews. The interviews are actual conversations -- and this lets you see certain strong and weak moves an interviewee makes, the types of questions and responses the interviewer with which the interviewer prods, and so on. It is tremendously more effective that simply having a case prompt -- and then a series of bullets that you should hit on.

Pros: The book is the best prep book on case interviews that I came across while I was preparing for a job in management consulting. It is very clearly written. It does not confuse or drone with much irrelevant information. Humor is a plus. Buy this book first, then worry about adding other books for extra practice. Cons: The limitation of the book is that it is a book. For example, the cases that I faced at my interviews were more interactive where additional information (charts, figures) was presented to me when I had already made some headway into the case, and not in the beginning. This would require an interactive software (such as the interactive cases found on McKinsey, BCG, and Bain websites). Overall: The best you can get. Even without the interactive ability, it helps you develop a way to think about a "case". Suggestion to author: I would have also liked that the book to help develop thinking about "second-order structure" in a case, which, I realize, is very broad and depends a lot on the case itself. The first-order structure is covered in the ivy system.

Das Buch hält einige andere Ansätze bereit als andere Standardwerke dazu, jedoch nichts aufregendes oder überraschend neues. Es werden 12 Frameworks beschrieben.

Not a brand new condition. Very 2nd handed. And the book itself is not as good as I thought...