


Cheng was in McK before the year 2000, Cosentino never saw a consulting firm from the inside. McK has long caught up on this and the cases you will get during the interviews are tailored in a way to test your creativity and ability to generate insights, not remember specific frameworks. I can answer this solely from a McKinsey perspective.īe aware that frameworks were applicable in the 2000 years, the era of Victor Cheng and Case in Point. #1 rated McKinsey Case and PEI Coach | 5 years at McKinsey | Mentorship Approach | 530+ McK interviews in 2021 This specification can come from the industry you're looking at (for instance for pharmaceutical, regulations and patentplay a huge role just like marketing to doctors for instance), the geography, the product or the end user to name few differenciation. Of course nothing revolutional (I mean consultancy project are far from being revolutional to begin with so.) but your framework needs to fit your particular case. So you have to slightly adapt your framework to fit the case. And I think that's something many people do. Of course, if you simply learn by heart all frameworks and then just apply the standard framework to every case it will not work. I think the main issue isn't rather or not they are outdated but rather than most people don't use it in a smart manner.Ĭase study books are supposed to be a base to understand how case interview works and what area you can use to solve a case. I used the Case In Point as a prep material and had no issue for the interviews (same for my friends). While I also heard that a lot, I personally don't see anything wrong with them.
