Informal Case Study Preparation Team

As I had mentioned before, we have a small but growing group of people preparing for case interviews at this early stage. While many people are focusing on the academic component of the MBA, those who are ahead are looking for opportunities to prepare for upcoming interviews. While I've often been critical of colleagues who need to "chill out" (sometimes doing work in advance is 'doubling work' rather than 'front loading', such as reading cases too far in advance), I think that those who are aware of the need to understand case preparation earlier rather than later are getting a distinct advantage. For those with little experience in this area, there is always the initial shock value when they realize that case interviews can become very complicated very quickly.

I've been nominated to 'chair' our little informal group as I've had the good fortune of doing case preparation over the recent past and I've been building a list of skills which most people are not aware of as being important for case interviews.

There will be a meeting with the Management Consulting Association (MCA) today to talk about what the club can offer us. They are one of the most expensive clubs on campus, second only to the Rotman Finance Association (I am a member of both). As I have a keen interest in Private Equity and Advisory services (such as M&A or restructuring), I have to decide if I will take the investment banking route or the management consulting route to get to where I want to go.