Case Interview Prep Directory

McKinsey & Company

Candidate-led live cases plus Solve for many candidates

Boston Consulting Group

Mixed case flow with live interviewer pressure and office-specific variation

Bain & Company

Case interviews with a conversational Bain-style fit emphasis

Deloitte Strategy

Mixed format by office, practice, and whether the role routes through Deloitte Consulting or Monitor Deloitte

Strategy&

Strategy-heavy live cases with more emphasis on business judgment than framework showmanship

Oliver Wyman

Candidate-led cases with strong quantitative discipline

Kearney

Candidate-led strategy and operations cases with practical client trade-offs

L.E.K. Consulting

Candidate-led cases with heavy commercial and diligence-style logic

Accenture Strategy

Structured case and behavioral interviews with clear implementation framing

Roland Berger

Candidate-led strategy cases with European market context and clear synthesis pressure

Harvard Business School (MBA)

Peak consulting networking starts early in the fall, and HBS candidates usually need real prep momentum before interview invites start clustering.

Wharton MBA

Wharton consulting prep usually ramps fast in the fall, with interviews clustering after candidates have only a short OCR runway to build real case volume.

INSEAD MBA

INSEAD recruiting is compressed, international, and easier to misread if you treat it like a U.S.-only OCR calendar. You need earlier structure and tighter office targeting.

London Business School MBA

LBS consulting recruiting starts early and often runs across London, Europe, and Middle East office targets, so networking and case prep need to move together from the start.

Stanford GSB MBA

Stanford GSB gives you strong employer access, but recruiting is more self-directed than some other MBA ecosystems. Early planning matters because the calendar does not force discipline for you.

Kellogg MBA

Kellogg consulting prep usually ramps fast in the fall and benefits from a more team-oriented prep culture, but the timeline still rewards candidates who start the work before the calendar feels crowded.

Chicago Booth MBA

Booth consulting recruiting rewards candidates who can combine analytical strength with a disciplined prep cadence early enough in the fall.

HEC Paris MBA

HEC Paris consulting recruiting is international and timing-sensitive, with fairs, office-targeting, and regional choices shaping the plan early.

Columbia Business School MBA

Columbia consulting recruiting usually feels like an in-semester sprint because New York office access creates a lot of activity fast once coffee chats and presentations begin.

MIT Sloan MBA

MIT Sloan consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who can turn technical, product, or ops-heavy experience into clear executive-level case communication before first rounds start.

Yale SOM MBA

Yale SOM consulting recruiting often works best when candidates start early on why-consulting clarity, especially if they are cross-targeting nonprofit, healthcare, education, or public-sector work.

Duke Fuqua MBA

Fuqua consulting recruiting tends to reward candidates who use the team culture well but still build enough case volume independently before interviews cluster.

Michigan Ross MBA

Ross consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who can convert action-based learning and client project experience into sharper fit stories and earlier case momentum.

Berkeley Haas MBA

Haas consulting recruiting often competes directly with tech and product paths, so the main challenge is keeping office targeting and prep volume clear enough early.

Dartmouth Tuck MBA

Tuck consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who start early on alumni-heavy networking and then keep the case cadence strong enough that access converts into actual interview performance.

Cornell Johnson MBA

Johnson consulting recruiting usually works best when candidates use the school's NYC access and immersion-style experience early enough to sharpen both networking and case prep.

NYU Stern MBA

Stern consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who use New York office access early while keeping finance and consulting recruiting from competing for the same prep time.

UCLA Anderson MBA

Anderson consulting recruiting usually works best when candidates choose their office and geography priorities early enough that West Coast options do not keep the prep vague.

Cambridge Judge MBA

Cambridge Judge consulting recruiting usually feels tighter because the MBA is only one year, so office targeting and case cadence need to start almost immediately.

Oxford Said MBA

Oxford Said consulting recruiting usually feels compressed because the MBA is one year and many candidates are also weighing policy, impact, finance, or broader international options.

IESE MBA

IESE consulting recruiting tends to reward candidates who use the case-method culture well but still adapt to interview-style pacing and firm-specific office targeting.

IE Business School MBA

IE consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who get specific quickly, because the school's entrepreneurial and international environment creates several adjacent career paths competing for attention.

IMD MBA

IMD consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who start quickly and position themselves like experienced, commercially mature hires rather than generic MBA candidates.

ESADE MBA

ESADE consulting recruiting usually moves best when candidates get clear on Barcelona, Madrid, and broader European office targets early enough that the prep becomes more specific.

Rotman MBA

Rotman consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who get clear on the Canada-versus-US office map early and then keep analytics-heavy strengths from turning into over-analysis in live cases.

Ivey MBA

Ivey consulting recruiting usually rewards candidates who use the case-method classroom culture as a starting point but still adapt to the faster, firmer rhythm of interview cases.

CEIBS MBA

CEIBS consulting recruiting usually works best when candidates get explicit about geography, language, and office fit early because the APAC map can become complex quickly.

NUS MBA

NUS consulting recruiting usually works best when candidates use Singapore's regional hub status to sharpen office targeting early instead of treating APAC as one generic market.