--- product_id: 4049824 title: "Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep" price: "€ 110.81" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/4049824-crack-the-case-system-complete-case-interview-prep store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # 42 diverse cases across global regions Paired video tutorials for real-time practice 548 pages of deep dive prep Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep **Price:** € 110.81 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Crack the Code, Own the Case, Land the Offer! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep - **How much does it cost?** € 110.81 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/4049824-crack-the-case-system-complete-case-interview-prep) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Global Case Diversity:** 42 meticulously crafted cases spanning multiple industries and 40+ regions, ensuring you’re ready for any consulting challenge worldwide. - β€’ **Interactive Learning Experience:** Exclusive video content simulates real interviews, letting you practice, compare, and perfect your responses anytime, anywhere. - β€’ **Master the Art of Case Interviews:** Comprehensive 548-page guide with proven mnemonics like IMPACT and FRAME to boost retention and strategic thinking. - β€’ **Beyond Cases – Full Interview Prep:** Covers fit interviews, scheduling tips, and attire advice to help you ace every aspect of the consulting hiring process. - β€’ **Tailored Study Plans & Practice Modes:** Customizable game-plans based on your timeline and detailed interviewer/interviewee guides for solo or partner practice. ## Overview Crack the Case System is a top-tier, 548-page case interview prep book by David Ohrvall, featuring 42 diverse cases, interactive video tutorials, and comprehensive interview strategies. Designed for MBA and non-MBA candidates alike, it trains intuitive problem-solving beyond rote frameworks, making it the ultimate resource to elevate your consulting career readiness. ## Description Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep [Ohrvall, David] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep Review: Invaluable Resource! - If you're serious about prep for the consulting interview process, this book far outpaces the competition. Here are a few reasons why: 1. Easy-to-read style. No fancy business jargon here; David Ohrvall does a wonderful job breaking down and organizing the various concepts you need to understand in a friendly and accessible manner. Whether you are an MBA student or a non-MBA without much business exposure, this book will make a for an enjoyable and informative read. Key mnemonics such as IMPACT, FRAME and SPECIAL-T will accelerate your retention of the information presented. And the Maximum Value Model, which organizes the information you need to crack cases into 5 Zones, provides a single clear case-cracking structure that can help you think about any case you encounter in an orderly and intuitive way. 2. Interactive/Video element. The case interview process is interactive and your preparation should reflect that. Simply reading cases isn't enough. This book is paired with video instruction which brings the case interview process to life: you can watch a mock interviewer ask the question as if you were actually in the interview and then you can take the time to practice your answer. Once you have done so, you can double back and watch video of how a candidate in your shoes would have tackled the question and compare your answer to his/hers. If you don't have a partner to practice with regularly--and even if you do--this book is well worth your time. I've used a number of different study guides, but this book is BY FAR the closest thing I've seen to mimicking the real interview process. 3. Comprehensive Case Interview Review. This book contains 42 diverse cases covering different topics and regions. The cases are comprised of case starts, market-sizing cases, mini cases and full cases. Each comes with detailed tips for your interview partner on how to give the case--and this is key, because doing a good job giving a case as an interviewer takes skill-- as well as questions and issues the interviewee should consider. Also included with each case is a page showing what your notes/outline should look like. Finally, David Ohrvall includes a big-picture overview of each case (via video); this overview is particularly helpful because it can be easy to miss the forest for the trees when sifting through lots of data and working through complex cases. 4. Comprehensive Interview Focus. Some guides focus nearly exclusively on the case interview, but this book devotes a good deal of space to additional (and important) facets of the interview process. It covers everything from the time of day during which you should schedule your interview to what you should wear to the interview to difficult questions that will be tossed your way during the "fit" interview. Remember, you can be dinged if you don't succeed on the fit interview component. This book will help you avoid that. In sum, this book is invaluable in preparing for a consulting career. I couldn't recommend it more highly. Review: Hands down the best, most comprehensive case-prep system on the market. - I can say that this is perhaps the most comprehensive case interview preparation book out there. One may be intimidated by its thickness at first (as I was)... but don't be. Lessons and techniques only comprise of less than half the book; the other half contains extremely well-written, detailed cases divided into different lengths, spanning forty geographical regions (with a useful primer on each region). Free videos on the author's website correspond to each section of the book and shows sample interviewers and interviewees giving and answering case starts (plus helpful analysis and recaps by the author), adding a more realistic, human dimension to the study experience. There is an "easier" way of preparing for case interviews--memorizing frameworks and trying to apply it to every case, as suggested by other reads. That's how I started. However, I also wanted to gain something else out of the entire MBA and case-prep experience--to train my brain to analyze and exhaustively tackle complex problems while learning how to improvise on the spot. After a while, I began to notice that my responses and approaches to solving cases were question driven, mechanical and just didn't seem natural. That's when I decided to give Crack the Case system a shot. Ohrvall's approach is very different from other books in that is very exhaustive and does not rely on frameworks. It basically trains your mind to think intuitively through cases to find comprehensive answers. This may feel counterintuitive at first as the learning curve is steeper (versus memorizing frameworks), but once you start understanding the system, it all makes sense. Ohrvall's writing style is fun and entertaining, and the book is also designed in such a way that by the time you are finished with the first half (lessons and techniques portion), the numerous acronyms are already firmly set in your mind. After learning the Crack the Case system, I have noticed that my strategic intuition has expanded in terms of breadth and depth. My solutions are now more creative, and I can now address areas/issues that I couldn't think of before when just using frameworks. Every detail has pretty much been addressed in this book. I especially liked the special sections dedicated to mid-case structures and secondary insights, IMPACT for behavioral interviews, SAVED for finance-related cases, and the Maximum Value Model (great for building breadth and depth when tackling complex cases). It also contains 'game-plans' to maximize learning based on how far away your interview is (2 weeks, 1 month, 3 month etc.) to detailed instructions on how to practice either on your own or how to case with others (with different pages of information for either the interviewer or interviewee, adding a more realistic dimension to practice cases). Overall, I am very satisfied that I made the time investment to learn Crack the Case system and recommend anyone looking to build their case interview skills and business intuition in general to give it a try. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,708,480 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #875 in Job Interviewing (Books) #2,111 in Job Hunting (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (108) | | Dimensions | 8.5 x 1.11 x 11.02 inches | | Edition | Copyright 2011 | | ISBN-10 | 0974442844 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0974442846 | | Item Weight | 3.44 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 548 pages | | Publication date | October 16, 2011 | | Publisher | Ohrvall Media | ## Images ![Crack the Case System: Complete Case Interview Prep - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/917zwfGxoWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Invaluable Resource! *by J***S on May 14, 2014* If you're serious about prep for the consulting interview process, this book far outpaces the competition. Here are a few reasons why: 1. Easy-to-read style. No fancy business jargon here; David Ohrvall does a wonderful job breaking down and organizing the various concepts you need to understand in a friendly and accessible manner. Whether you are an MBA student or a non-MBA without much business exposure, this book will make a for an enjoyable and informative read. Key mnemonics such as IMPACT, FRAME and SPECIAL-T will accelerate your retention of the information presented. And the Maximum Value Model, which organizes the information you need to crack cases into 5 Zones, provides a single clear case-cracking structure that can help you think about any case you encounter in an orderly and intuitive way. 2. Interactive/Video element. The case interview process is interactive and your preparation should reflect that. Simply reading cases isn't enough. This book is paired with video instruction which brings the case interview process to life: you can watch a mock interviewer ask the question as if you were actually in the interview and then you can take the time to practice your answer. Once you have done so, you can double back and watch video of how a candidate in your shoes would have tackled the question and compare your answer to his/hers. If you don't have a partner to practice with regularly--and even if you do--this book is well worth your time. I've used a number of different study guides, but this book is BY FAR the closest thing I've seen to mimicking the real interview process. 3. Comprehensive Case Interview Review. This book contains 42 diverse cases covering different topics and regions. The cases are comprised of case starts, market-sizing cases, mini cases and full cases. Each comes with detailed tips for your interview partner on how to give the case--and this is key, because doing a good job giving a case as an interviewer takes skill-- as well as questions and issues the interviewee should consider. Also included with each case is a page showing what your notes/outline should look like. Finally, David Ohrvall includes a big-picture overview of each case (via video); this overview is particularly helpful because it can be easy to miss the forest for the trees when sifting through lots of data and working through complex cases. 4. Comprehensive Interview Focus. Some guides focus nearly exclusively on the case interview, but this book devotes a good deal of space to additional (and important) facets of the interview process. It covers everything from the time of day during which you should schedule your interview to what you should wear to the interview to difficult questions that will be tossed your way during the "fit" interview. Remember, you can be dinged if you don't succeed on the fit interview component. This book will help you avoid that. In sum, this book is invaluable in preparing for a consulting career. I couldn't recommend it more highly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands down the best, most comprehensive case-prep system on the market. *by R***W on January 25, 2013* I can say that this is perhaps the most comprehensive case interview preparation book out there. One may be intimidated by its thickness at first (as I was)... but don't be. Lessons and techniques only comprise of less than half the book; the other half contains extremely well-written, detailed cases divided into different lengths, spanning forty geographical regions (with a useful primer on each region). Free videos on the author's website correspond to each section of the book and shows sample interviewers and interviewees giving and answering case starts (plus helpful analysis and recaps by the author), adding a more realistic, human dimension to the study experience. There is an "easier" way of preparing for case interviews--memorizing frameworks and trying to apply it to every case, as suggested by other reads. That's how I started. However, I also wanted to gain something else out of the entire MBA and case-prep experience--to train my brain to analyze and exhaustively tackle complex problems while learning how to improvise on the spot. After a while, I began to notice that my responses and approaches to solving cases were question driven, mechanical and just didn't seem natural. That's when I decided to give Crack the Case system a shot. Ohrvall's approach is very different from other books in that is very exhaustive and does not rely on frameworks. It basically trains your mind to think intuitively through cases to find comprehensive answers. This may feel counterintuitive at first as the learning curve is steeper (versus memorizing frameworks), but once you start understanding the system, it all makes sense. Ohrvall's writing style is fun and entertaining, and the book is also designed in such a way that by the time you are finished with the first half (lessons and techniques portion), the numerous acronyms are already firmly set in your mind. After learning the Crack the Case system, I have noticed that my strategic intuition has expanded in terms of breadth and depth. My solutions are now more creative, and I can now address areas/issues that I couldn't think of before when just using frameworks. Every detail has pretty much been addressed in this book. I especially liked the special sections dedicated to mid-case structures and secondary insights, IMPACT for behavioral interviews, SAVED for finance-related cases, and the Maximum Value Model (great for building breadth and depth when tackling complex cases). It also contains 'game-plans' to maximize learning based on how far away your interview is (2 weeks, 1 month, 3 month etc.) to detailed instructions on how to practice either on your own or how to case with others (with different pages of information for either the interviewer or interviewee, adding a more realistic dimension to practice cases). Overall, I am very satisfied that I made the time investment to learn Crack the Case system and recommend anyone looking to build their case interview skills and business intuition in general to give it a try. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good paired with "Case in Point" *by B***N on October 20, 2013* Crack the Case is the go-to book for consulting candidates and those preparing for an interview. Pros: - Consulting and case interviews require both a breadth and depth of business knowledge. This book is excellent at teaching you 13 different categories of case questions like (Growth strategies, pricing strategies, competitor attacks, entering a new business, entering a new geography, mergers & acquisitions and many more) - The book shows you the ideal way to walk through each type of case question in a very detailed manner - The book tells you what to expect in these interviews - The book helps you understand soft interviewing skills like explaining "why you're interested in consulting, tell us about a time you've failed, tell us about a time you've succeeded etc". Cons - My biggest con for this book is that its practice cases really aren't useful. The book gives you so much knowledge about how to crack different cases, however their practice cases suck. The cases are difficult to practice on your own, and are complicated to practice with a partner. Moreover, the solutions to the cases are brief and leave much to be desired. For that reason, I would recommend buying this book along with Case in Point by Marc Consentino . Case in Point is almost the opposite of Crack the Case. CIP has really great practice cases and in depth solutions of A+ case answers. However its case frameworks and business knowledge is really shallow and lacking. 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