Welcome to Case Practice

We offer case practice sessions after each professional development workshop.

Participants are matched with a case practice partner of similar experience level. The workshops will take place virtually or on the Cambridge and Longwood campuses. The 1-hour practice sessions allow you to practice cases with different people and gain different perspectives.

Please note: Our case-focused workshops provide sample cases and frameworks, while other workshops like our behavioral interview and resume workshops have a different format. The optional practice sessions afterward are for attendees to gain hands-on experience with casing.

We encourage you to attend as a participant in our case practice sessions! Please see our case prep overview on how to get started.

Case Practice Agenda

Paired in Zoom breakout rooms
Take turns giving and receiving cases
- Spend 20-25 minutes each on cases
- Spend 5 minutes providing feedback
Always reciprocate by giving a case after receiving one!

Case Practice Matching Guidelines

If participating:

Rename yourself: Name (Level, Interest)
- Casing experience:
  - Beginner (Less than 10 live cases) with non-business/non-economics background (1)
  - Intermediate (11-20 live cases) with non-business/non-economics background (2)
  - Experienced (21-30 live cases) with non-business/non-economics background (3)
  - Advanced (30+ live cases) with non-business/non-economics background (4)
  - Business/economics background (5)
- Optional: Case type interest

Matching Process:

We'll create breakout rooms
Match participants based on level, preferences

Example: Anu Gupte (3) = Experienced casing level

Giving a Case

Write down notes about the interviewee’s performance and give feedback at the end.
Don’t focus only on negatives, if you really liked something point that out, too.
Avoid giving non-constructive feedback and respect different styles.
Structure your feedback logically and offer concrete examples

Receiving a Case

Take good notes and ask clarifying questions (e.g. define unfamiliar terms)
Use frameworks like top-down and MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive)
Verbalize your thought process clearly and engage your interviewer
Review the case and feedback the next day while it's still fresh