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WHARTON CONSULTING CLUBInterview Study Guide
Revised 2003
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..3
Wharton MBA Consulting Club Information……………………………………………………..4
How to Use this Guide………………………………………………………………………….…5
The Fit Interview
……………………………………………………………………………….…6
Case Interviews: The Big Picture
…………………………………………………………………9
Solving the Case: Business Cases..………………………………………………………………11
Frameworks………………………..……………..………………………………………………13
Solving the Case: Estimation Cases...……………………………………………………………17
How to Give a Good Case…………….…………………………………………………………19
Practice Cases……………………………………………………………………………………20
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,INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Wharton’s revised Case Interview Study Guide! The Guide was compiled by your
consulting club members to help you prepare for the first step towards your dream consulting job
– the interview. Typically, candidates encounter both a fit interview as well as a case interview.
The latter comprises an example of the type of problems that consultants generally face. It is
important to remember that there is no “right” answer for case interviews. Instead, the
successful interviewee is one that is able to think through the issues, develop a structured
response and confidently communicate these to the interviewer. This Guide is meant to help you
in that process, and we encourage you to practice as many sample cases as possible, from this
source as well as others, in order to tackle the case questions you will encounter.
This Guide outlines a description of the types of cases that you will likely encounter. It also
provides frameworks that will help you construct a structured response. The final section of the
Guide includes a number of sample cases that were given to first and second years during the
past recruiting season. They represent the latest arsenal of cases interviewers have used on
students. You should view them as being representative of the type of cases you will get during
your interviews. Keep in mind, however, that interviewers draw on their actual consulting
experience to create their interview cases, and that the interviewer will modify the case based on
your responses. Thus, each case is different for each student.
Our sincere thanks go to Nina Barton and the class of 2003 consulting club members for
initiating this Guide. We also thank the members who contributed their cases for the benefit of
all candidates this year.
Please provide your suggestions on this Guide so that we may continue to improve it for coming
years. A section on Web Cafe will be devoted to feedback, so please go to the website to submit
your comments.
Good luck on your interviews!
Wharton MBA Consulting Club Officers
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, WHARTON MBA CONSULTING CLUB INFORMATION
To learn more about the Wharton MBA Consulting Club and our activities, please visit our
website: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~consultg/.
You can also contact one of the Wharton MBA Consulting Club Officers:
President: Neel Bhatia neel.bhatia.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Executive Vice President: Creighton Schenkel creighton.schenkel.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Executive Vice President: Ryan Koch ryan.koch.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Social/Treasurer: Anton Hanebrink anton.hanebrink.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Employer Relations: Roshanie Adhin roshanie.adhin.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Events: Angela Ge angela.ge.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Events: Tracy Teoh tracy.teoh.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Intellectual Property: Shaila Khan shaila.khan.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Internal Strategy: Jason Peters jason.peters.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of Member Education: Christina Hsu christina.hsu.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
Vice President of International Consulting: Hartanto Tjitra hartanto.tjitra.wg04@wharton.upenn.edu
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