Have the calculation-aggressive habit:. Always have a pocket calculator, practice whenever possible. When I was on your shoes, I carried with me a calculator all the time. Whenever I had just a small window on my schedule (e.g: waiting for the bus, professors coming to class late, etc.), I pulled my calculator out and entered any random calculation I could think of. I tried it on my head and compared the result with what shows on the calculator screen. You will be amazed by how much practice you can get just by utilizing these small windows. Always challenge yourselves with computations of random problems cross over you in life.

1. Consulting Case 101
2. Consulting Basics 101

E.g: When I was shopping for furniture, the store has various type of discounts: students off 10%, buy full set off 25%. I challenged myself to finish calculating the final cost in my head faster than the staff with the calculator. This is important because self-made problems like this are quite similar to those in case interview and entrance exams. Tailor your study to common calculations in consulting prep:. Calculations often involve big money value.  Download anime hataraku maou sama 480p. So make yourselves comfortable working with and converting trillions, billion $USD. Currency exchanging is popular in case interviews, depending on your targeted office location.

Consulting Case 101

For example, if you want to join the Seoul office, there is a high chance that your case interviewer will ask you to perform conversions between $US dollars and Korean Won. Practice Practice Practice!

Consulting Basics 101

There are four main types of resources, with increasing level of similarity to real problems in consulting case interviews and entrance tests (McKinsey PST, BCG Potential Test). 1 - Pure numerical calculation.