Cracking the Case: Your roadmap from cover letter to case interview

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Cracking the Case: Your roadmap from cover letter to case interview by Stephan Spijkers
English | April 21, 2017 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0722DVC4Z | 157 pages | AZW3 | 2.30 MB

‘Cracking the Case’ will drastically improve your chances to get the interview and get hired by the top-tier strategy consulting firms. It covers the candidate selection process from start to finish, with inside tips on:

* Writing your cover letter
* Structuring your resume
* Acing paper case interviews such as the McKinsey PST
* Structuring and solving real-life case interviews through step-by-step frameworks

Do you want to get an interview ánd ace it? 'Cracking the Case' leads the way!

We help you get the interview by:
* Helping you gain insight in how consulting firms use your resume & cover letter.
* Teaching you what the 30-second rule is and why it is important.
* Showing 5 ways to stand out from the crowd.
* Giving insight in how you should structure your cover letter.
* Supplying an easy to apply cover letter template to use yourself.
* Learning you the truth on resume formatting.
* Teaching you the format that works, including an easy to apply template.
* Helping you understand how to write the perfect consulting resume.
* Showing examples on what to write in your resume.
* Showing examples on what -not- to write in your resume.

‘Cracking the Case’ helps you excel during the interview by:
* Showing you how to prepare for the interview.
* Revealing the basic structure of a typical interview.
* Teaching you what the ‘Airport Test’ is and why it is so important.
* Revealing the best way to answer any question.
* Showing you which two skills are essential to consulting.
* Providing you with example answers on the most common questions.
* Teaching you which questions you should ask.

Case Interviews? No sweat. ‘Cracking the Case’ will:
* Teach you how to prepare for the McKinsey PST.
* Point out what you can do during the McKinsey PST to maximize performance.
* Show you two ways to quickly answer PST-questions.
* Teach you how to approach any other written case.
* Help you understand the 4 golden guesstimate principles.
* Show you how to structure a guesstimate quickly.
* Teach you 4 easy methods to support your assumptions.
* Point out basic guesstimate pitfalls.
* Reveal 4 golden business case principles.
* Teach you how to quickly structure business cases.
* Introduce 3 easy to apply business case frameworks.
* Reveal the pitfalls of case interviews.
* Show you how to behave during group case interviews.
* Reveal how you can tackle presentation cases.
* Help you understand that you should not worry about brainteasers.
* Reveal how to structure brainteasers.
* Show why solving a brainteaser is not the most important thing.
* Help you practice with 7 brainteaser examples.