Case In Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation, 8th Edition

This is a great book and helped me prepare for the case study interviews, and I got an offer! I also learned a lot and benefitted from recording myself, doing the practice cases, going along with them while I read the cases and pretending I was sketching it out/in the interview. There is a newer edition, not sure what the difference is. I feel like in general I benefitted from this book as I gained a lot of problem solving skills in general. I really enjoyed reading it and doing the cases, even though I had to study hard. I definitely recommend this if you are interested in consulting, and I recommend going through it, although you don't need to go to the end (I went about 2/3 through it, but towards the end I skipped more/didn't read as much in depth).

If you are like me, than you had never seen (nor heard of) a case interview before business school. By practicing the methods taught in Marc's book, you will be able to tear through case questions with thoroughness and efficiency. Considering that many companies are switching to case style interviews, it would be a mistake not to hone your skills in this area. I recommend this book to anyone in business school as well as any job seekers looking to nail an interview.

Case in Point is the go-to book for consulting candidates and those preparing for an interview.Pros:- Case in Point is really abundant in providing practice cases and their solutions. I found these cases incredibly helpful in understanding different industry problems as well as different types of case questions.- This book is good for practicing Profit/Loss, M&A, new business or geography, losing/gaining market share, and competitor attack casesCons- Where this book is great at providing practice cases, it fails at providing a deep understanding for exactly HOW to crack these cases.- The frameworks that this books provides are very weak, and shallow.- The author settles for simple frameworks like "The Four C's", "The Four P's" and "Profit= Revenue-Loss". While these frameworks are relevant, they're very weak and will make you look like an amateur to your interviewer.For that reason, I would recommend pairing this book with "Crack the Case" by David Ohrvall. Crack the Case is almost the opposite of Case in Point. CTC has excellent frameworks and really helps you understand the business knowledge behind doing well on cases. However, CTC lacks good practice cases: they're difficult to practice alone and unnecessarily complicated to practice with a partner. Moreover, they don't provide a clear and in depth solution that helps you strengthen your original answer.DISCLAIMER FOR KINDLE PURCHASES: Case in Point isn't well-suited for kindle reading. The book has a lot of embedded charts that don't show properly on kindles. The text comes out extremely small and difficult to read. Also, for general text, where bullet points are used, the format doesn't line up and looks sloppy.

If you are interviewing for a consultancy, get this book. Start with this book. End with this book.I bought this, then didn't use it for the first year of the MBA. I read other books, attended special courses, cased probably 75 times, and did not get an offer.Came back for SY, learned the frameworks cold, cased twice, got offer. Even the interviewer was surprised at how fast I got through the cases.

No doubt it's a good book .. for MBAs it's more of a summary of a business strategy course .. but did it help prepare for a case interview? Unfortunately no. I had the golden chance to do an interview with the best consulting firm in the world (a dream) and I didn't pass the interview. I'm not saying that the book is a waste of money, no; but the way practice cases focused on scripts rather than directly laying suitable structures to solve various types of problems was an issue to me. My advice is (buy the book along with with other good books and practice. Depending entirely on this book is a big mistake)

I don't have correct word to describe the value of Case in Point accurately. This is the book case interview. It's a benchmark. I don't think anyone can come up with a better case interview case book than this. It's a rare gem. The cases and the Ivy League System makes this book worth the fortune consulting zillionaires. Hats-off Marc.

the content is very straight to the point without bla, bla, bla. Very objective !The interview tips are great. It covers everything a candidate for consulting firm needs to know. Great tool for preparation.The cases as exceptional and very insightful.great read, great learning