The Ultimate Case Interview Workbook: Exclusive Cases and Problems for Interviews at Top Consulting Firms is a casebook by Taylor Warfield released in 2018. It is divided into two parts: bite-size questions and plagiarized cases. The first part, “Practice Problems,”… Read More ›
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Focus: Inductive vs. Deductive
Consultants reason differently from their clients. Simply put, clients approach decisions inductively: they process empiric data about their business on a daily basis, and based on that data, make observations about what works and what does not. These generalizations—best practices—are… Read More ›
Book Review for The Case Interview Workbook
The Case Interview Workbook: 60 Case Questions for Management Consulting with Solutions is a casebook by “Robert Mellon” released in 2018. In the Introduction the author rightfully observes the lack of quality preparation cases in the market, which provides the motivation… Read More ›
Introducing the Randomizer by Business Mental Math
The author of Business Mental Math, Valentin Nugmanov, has launched a free companion resource, the Business Mental Math Randomizer. This Excel-based practice tool can be downloaded here: casemaster.club/randomizer. The Business Mental Math Randomizer is a cleverly designed collection of practice… Read More ›
Business Mental Math ― Now on Pre-Order!
We are very happy to announce the second book of the Case Master Series on Amazon, Business Mental Math by Valentin Nugmanov. The Kindle edition is now available for pre-order for $7.99, and it will be released December 30, 2020…. Read More ›
Battling Paid Reviews and Ratings on Amazon
We’ve known for a while that competitors on Amazon are paying for reviews. It’s obvious when a mostly plagiarized and poorly edited book gets hundreds of 5-star reviews, many of which have the same wording. With Amazon’s introduction of ratings―where… Read More ›
Case Master Hits #1 and Gets Copied
First, the big news, which is that Case Master has become a #1 bestseller on Amazon! Thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy, and good luck in your case interviews! Second, we knew that when Doug Clouse agreed… Read More ›
Color Blind No More (Case Master Update III)
When Valentin Nugmanov and I wrote the case “Mind’s Eye,” which revolves around bringing to the market a new lens to help with color blindness, it was meant to be purely fictional. However, since Case Master was published, EnChroma glasses… Read More ›
Blindingly Dumb (Case Master Update II)
Displaying good mental math skills and clever approaches to estimating make consultants really shine, and in Case Master we provide a number of opportunities to practice both of these. In fact, solving the case “Cosmetic Change” requires nailing down believable… Read More ›
Blindspots (Case Master Update I)
I ran across this TEDxVienna talk by magician Kyle Eschen entitled “The art of cognitive blindspots,” and it struck me, because discovering one’s “blindspots” is a major feature of Case Master. The key to solving difficult consulting cases is to… Read More ›