Strategy Simplified
Strategy Simplified
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S24E30: Why US Case Interview Prep Fails in European Consulting Interviews
42 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Most case interview prep is written for US interviews. If you’re recruiting for a European office, you’ll walk into a different interview than the one you practiced. Laura Ackerman worked at McKinsey and BCG and has coached European candidates for 4 years. She breaks down where US prep falls short in European consulting interviews: the case formats, the case topics, and how conversational the fit interview gets. And she shares how one client with a diplomacy background landed...