Tag Archives: Brainstorming

How To Get Started

This article is intended for people who are new to case interviews and want to know how they can prepare themselves and what resources exist.

We’re going to focus on three things:

1. Resources

2. How to Approach Cases

3. Practice Partners

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How to Brainstorm During Cases

Being able to brainstorm on command is very important during cases. However, I’ve noticed that most people struggle in coming up with ideas because they don’t naturally think in a structured way.

Here’s a 5 step process to brainstorm in a structured way:

1. Define the problem.

2. Define your constraints.

3. Come up with categories; use a framework if necessary.

4. Break down your categories as much as possible and add as many ideas in each section as you can.

5. Eliminate ideas that don’t meet your constraints

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