Hi,is there anyone who is interested in practicing case study interviews in and around London.Please drop a message here.

Hi,I just got through the first stage with Deloitte for a role in their Strategy team in London. I presume round 2 involves more case study questions and I'd be keen to practice.I live and work in London - let me know.

Hi - when are your next interviews? I have got a case study in the next 2 weeks and would be keen to know some additional info? Thanks and good luck.

My first round was very straightforward. It was a standard competency-based interview, which explored my CV and strategy experience to date. It lasted for around 1 hour and was very relaxed. In the last 15-20 minutes we had a conversation around a fairly simple case question, based on a recent strategy project. It was: "a German media conglomerate is considering expanding its online presence. What analysis would you carry out to advise the client and how would you structure your team to deliver the project?"I haven't set a date for the second stage but would appreciate advice from anybody who has been through the process.Hope that helps.. good luck.

Thanks RD - mine is a first interview but 1hr interview and 1 and a half hour for case study. It is for a position in Corporate Finance though so may be slightly different process? Have you got any further details that may be of any use either on case study or other areas? Thanks again

Hi there,My first round interview with deloitte was fairly simple - lots to read, but they had questions at the end which they stuck to. I had the final round also fairl recently. It was pretty hardcore, with 2 hrs to do 2 bits of work with diffewrent case studies - a presentation and a written summary. In between this there was a partner interview and I had to give a presentation on one of the case studies. It was lots of work for 2 housrs, and you get quite bogged down. Best of luck to anyone else applying

Sounds like their HR department really likes to make people jump through the hoops... sheesh, they make you do exams and 2 hour essays?? Hardly worth it. I'd "next" them on that basis alone.

Thanks Hitandhope - would it be possible to expand a little bit on the case studies please? What were the subjects etc? Thanks in advance,

They say they vary with each different time they do the case study. I can't remember exactly what they were about, but the basic gist was to summarise a case study to give to a client. Only 2 sides max - fairly easy. The presentation case study was quite well structured as well; it had questions at the back about what to expect. It was a 10 minute presentation followed by 5 minutes q&a.

All,Anymore info on the Deloitte Case study would be appreciated.Thanks.

looks like most of u guys r in london. whats the MC job situation for LSE grads?

Hi would be interested in discussing some practice case studies. Don't forget Deloitte have a sample one on the graduate recruitment website at http://graduates.deloitte.co.uk/index.cfm?p_id=542Although this a graduate recruitment one, I am pretty sure that the experienced-hire ones would be quite similar....

Hi,I've got my first round interview for Strategy at Deloitte on 19/02/07 and really need to practice live case studies - never done one before- help!I'm also in London so let me know if you want to meet for a study session.Thanks

I thought all the grad positions for strategy had been filled - better prepare yourself for accepting another competency

hey, I too have an interview with grad DC strat. What do you mean they've all been filled? Why would I get invited to interview for that position?

My brother got to the final stage with Deloitte consulting a while back, and they told him there wasn't any space and offered him a job in risk and IA. A similar thing happened with KPMG, he was applying for corporate finance, they accepted him, but told him he'd have to wait a year for a position to come available!

Hi,I am sure if you are good enough they will offer you a place, they are recruiting 20-25 people into strat this year from what i have been told and it's very competitive becasue people assume that Strat is the only consulting that there is.!st round interview is fairly standard, why Deloitte etc. Case study which was IT based in my case, that kind of stuff. Think of as many examples as you can around your competencies.2nd round is a bit tougher, Case study exercise is a bit more extended and you have to do a very short presentation as well. Partner interview..just relax i would say they are looking to see if they could work with you and are willing to learn not necessarily that you have all the right answers, think of some good questions that might impress and show that you are thinking strategically. Written excercise is fairly standard and the group exercise is totally non business related more geared towards logical thinking. Hope that helps

When I went up for a post offer event for deloitte they said that all the strategy positions had been filled. One of the people who had applied for strategy got a place, but in TI, and another in EA. Strategy and HC have filled, but there are still places in EA, Ops and TI

So how do you play the interview - do you still go all out 'strat is what I was born for'? Could this then mean that you would be less likely to get an offer than if you appeared less focussed?

still play the interview as though you didn't know it is filled up. Just really play the "I want to work for deloitte" card a lot. Show a lot of enthusiasm, and work hard on the day

Hi, does anyone know why Deloitte often offer TI place in exchange of Strategy? or you could have a choice among other three.And why are there still place left in OP and EA, are they still looking for other people which they think would be suit for these two services?

E,They tend to offer a place in TI as this is the fastest growing competency area so they are recruiting heavily into it. However I think there is room for negotiation if this situation arises - what did you put for your second (and third) choices? I think its a pretty similar story for the places in Ops and EA - they take as many are as good enough rather than a quota like in Strat.Having said all that there are a number of people requesting gap years who hold offers for Strat so an applicant going for Strat now who is good enough might still get lucky.

Has anyone got through the 1st round interview with TI...what does the case studying look like? Do you need to interact with the interviewer (like most case studyings in MC firms)?I really don't like the so-called "standard competencies-based" interview...no interaction with the interviewers really got my nerve somehow. hehe

Dear Sir/Madam, I am Gaurav From India and also that I am Preparing for the case study that will be taken by Deloitte but the problem is that I don't know anything about the case studies as this is for the first time also that there is no source from where I can prepare for the case study. So here I am requesting to you to please guide me through what actually is case study and what should be the approach and what are the things that are needed to prepare for this case study I only have 4 days left with em and so what is it that has to be done in order to clear through the case study and also i will be rally thankful to you if you can provide me with some example of case study and how the approach was made for that to solve the problem. Also for some knowledge the time limit for a case study given to us is 30 Minutes only and after that there is a presentation that we are needed to give. So please help me with this case study so that I can clear it to be a part of Deloitte. You can mail me at gaurav.dubey99@gmail.com I will be really thankful to you.Thanks and RegardsGaurav Dubey

and you got an interview call from Deloitte!!

seriously????? how ????

I bet he/she did...?!!!

Gaurav, you're not cut out for this work.