Well below is the advice I can give, but having only had interviews with two strategy firms it is perhaps a little limited! (Especially if you are applying to other types of consulting too!)First off just browsing through firms websites will get you plenty of examples, here are some to get you going:http://www.bain.com/bainweb/Join_Bain/interview_preparation.asphttp://www.mckinsey.com/aboutus/careers/applyingtomckinsey/interviewing/casestudies/index.asphttp://www.bcg.com/careers/interview_prep/interview_prep_splash.htmlhttp://www.occstrategy.co.uk/recruiting/application_hints_tips/interviews_and_case_studieshttp://careers3.accenture.com/NR/rdonlyres/00005815/tnquzbcenzfndvvnxzevzrbznvymumdx/PremierHomesOnlineCaseStudy.docI applied to seven Strat firms, but both my timing and non-responses meant that I only interviewed with 2. One big Strat firm and a smaller boutique firm. From my experiences, all the general advice on the web is good but perhaps the main difference I saw - or rather failed to see! - was that firms do differ the type of study.The smaller boutique firm went by what seemed to be the 'usual' method - 1st stage involving two interviews, each one with a little experience question then the study, including estimation of market sizing (eg How much beer is drunk in the UK), give examples of poorly or well performing firms, following by a little data interpretation on a single graph (with a little math), and then a few searching questions as to explore my ideas for improvement on the study in question. 2nd and final stage were two interviews with partners, again a little chat about experience, and then data interpretation etc similar to the above but a little more challenging.The bigger Strat house was a little different. First of all in the experience examples I felt they were a little disinterested in what I had actually done, just how I approached particular stages during the example I was giving (especially how I reported to my boss). There wasn't even much of an opportunity to speak freely about the example as I was interrupted with lots of questions... perhaps understandably but a little frustrating never the less! And then the case studies... much more general than the firm above, eg: A company wants to diversify into the oil industry, what do you do? Or a car factory profits have declined, what do you do? I did get through to the final stage but at both stages was criticised on my 'business structuring'. I had applied the whole profitability 'tree' for example but this seemed not to be enough, perhaps I just didn't set out my WHOLE planned process at the start going for a Understand-research-options-choose-implement kind of thing. My advice though is definitely go and talk through cases with people in the know - and learn how to structure in a way they are looking for. I know no-one who is in this industry and so perhaps really just failed due to insufficient preparation - kicking myself abit! Perhaps your uni careers can give you practice too.. Or you might want to pay for advice (such as on here) you will need to spend some money though!I hope this helps, and best of luck!
