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Which are the best Business School Case Books to use to practice?

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Nilay
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on May 16, 2024
Former McKinsey Sr Engagement Manager | Trained McKinsey interviewer (100+ interviews, 500+ coaching sessions)

Hi there,

Great question. After extensively reviewing the market for casebook materials, I believe the best options are:

  1. Darden School of Business Casebooks: These casebooks feature some of the best cases available along with excellent preparation material.
  2. Peter K Casebooks: These include real MBB cases. Peter K publishes a new casebook approximately every year. Currently, there are three editions available (2020, 2021, and 2023).

Let me know if you would like to have access to these casebooks.

Thanks,
Nilay

Sidi
Coach
edited on Aug 20, 2024
McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 400+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi,

Whatever casebook you decide to use, remember that it should only be used to select interesting case prompts. Do not rely solely on the solutions offered in these books, as they are often weak. These solutions might lead to the "right answer," but they frequently lack coherent logic. Very often, these solutions just magically suggest the “right areas to explore” and the “right information” to ask for, mapping out an ideal path of guessing rather than a repeatable methodology grounded in rigorous, top-down logic.

 

A case interview is a tool for the interviewer to understand your thinking and assess whether you use a rigorous, logical, and repeatable process to get to the core of an issue and address the client's question or problem.

 

Do not treat a case interview like an oral exam where you only care about getting the “correct” answer, because this is the LEAST important thing for an MBB interviewer. Many cases have multiple possible answers by design, a nuance often missed in the unrealistic “blueprint solutions” found in case collections or business school casebooks.


It's about how you develop an approach, whether it is grounded in logic or just memorized frameworks, and whether you can follow through on your logic while effectively communicating with the interviewer as if they were a client.

 

If you learn to do this, you won't have any problems securing multiple MBB offers. However, if you do what most people do—learn casebook frameworks or specific approaches for all sorts of “case types” and hope not to get an “unconventional” case question—you will never feel stable because your approach is not stable.


Good luck with your preparation.

 

Cheers, Sidi

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Dr. Sidi S. Koné

Former Senior Engagement Manager & Interviewer at McKinsey | Former Senior Consultant at BCG | Co-Founder of The MBB Offer Machine™

Alberto
Coach
on May 16, 2024
Ex-McKinsey (5yrs) and Wharton MBA (GMAT 750) | Free intro call and dedicated preparation material

Hi! Usually most of the best case books come from the most known business schools (e.g., Wharton, LBS). Happy to share some of them with you, write me in private :)

edited on May 17, 2024
#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

The ones from the top schools and as recent as possible. I wouldn't focus on just one but sample across several of them. Reach out and I'm happy to share a couple, no strings attached.

And if you're practicing for interviews, you might also find this helpful:

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Best,
Cristian

Pedro
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on May 19, 2024
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My suggestions arer: Darden, Stern, Columbia, Ross.

Florian
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on May 17, 2024
1400 5-star reviews across platforms | 600+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU

Hi there,

Please reach out - happy to share some!

Cheers,

Florian

Agrim
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on May 21, 2024
BCG Dubai Project Leader | Elite Prep to dominate interviews | 10 years in Consulting + M&A | Free prep plan

My opinion is to pick any case book - but solve the cases properly with your own depth and flair. Don't focus on the exact solution in the case book and instead focus on improving your casing skills.

Alberto
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on May 29, 2024
Ex-McKinsey Partner | Most experienced coach (15 years exp, +2.000 real interviews) | 95% success rate

Take cases from several case books. Each one have different case styles (ones more focused on math, others are better on structure).

Best,

Alberto

Hagen
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on Jun 08, 2024
#1 recommended coach | >95% success rate | 8+ years consulting, 8+ years coaching and 7+ years interviewing experience

Hi there,

The ones I like are: Columbia, Darden, Esade, Fuqua, Kellog, LBS, McCombs, Michigan, Ross, Sloan, and especially Yale.

Best,

Hagen

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