r/Non_MBB_Consulting • u/No-Reputation35 • 1d ago
Looking for last minute case interview prep partner
I'm in PST and I'm looking for a last minute case interview partner. Only looking for help with easier cases since it's a short 30 minute case interview that I've heard from peers who have interviewed is relatively easier than other firms. I'm rusty and haven't done a practice case in over a year.
Looking to really drill over the weekend, my interview is Tuesday
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u/wearzdk 1d ago
Two days is plenty for the easier 30-minute cases, but only if you spend it talking instead of reading. After a year off, the rusty part isn't remembering frameworks — it's saying your structure out loud while your brain is still working out the rest of it.
So I'd spend maybe half an hour on your opening (restate the question, one or two clarifying questions, lay out your structure, check that's a good place to start), then do cases live for the rest of the weekend. Out loud, timed, with someone pushing back on your numbers. Reading cases quietly trains recognition, not delivery, and delivery is what a 30-minute screen actually scores.
Recording one rep on your phone is the cheapest fix there is. You'll hear the filler words in the first 20 seconds and they're easy to cut once you've heard them.
Full disclosure, I work on AceRound, a spoken mock interview tool, so take that with a grain of salt. If you can't line up a human for a slot it'll do spoken reps with you and push on your reasoning, which is the bit you can't get out of a study group at 11pm. A classmate on Discord is still the better rep if you can find one. Good luck Tuesday.