Welcome to Decoding the Interview:

A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview.

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Growth cases look similar on the surface. They aren’t.

In this episode, we compare electric vehicle and pharmaceutical growth cases to show:

• Industry-specific growth constraints
• Capital intensity vs regulatory barriers
• Scale economics vs innovation cycles
• How to tailor structure to context

Interviewers aren’t testing generic frameworks — they’re testing industry sensitivity.

Decoding the Interview series — focused on what’s actually being evaluated in the room.

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📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
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Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts:

Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews.

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Growth isn’t a buzzword. It’s math.

In this episode, we break down the “physics” behind growth cases — market size, penetration, pricing, product expansion — and how consultants think through market entry structurally.

We cover:

• Organic vs inorganic growth logic
• Market expansion vs share capture
• Unit economics and scalability
• Why growth cases collapse without structure

This episode reframes growth from vague ambition to mechanical logic.

Part of the Consulting Mindset series — how consultants structure ambiguity before touching numbers.

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

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Welcome to The Recruiting Playbook: Our weekly series where we discuss tactical strategies to get interview invites, referrals, and ultimately, offers.

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Submitting your resume and hoping for the best is a losing strategy.

In this episode, we break down the data-backed networking strategy that can quadruple your odds of landing consulting interviews.

Drawing from Custom Case Coach research (including 1,500+ recruiting data points), we cover:

• Why 0 touchpoints = ~20% odds
• Why 10+ touchpoints = 80%+ interview probability
• Why networking gets you interviews (but not offers)
• How to use the “similarity filter” to send better cold messages
• The “play tag” method to turn one call into five
• How to hint at referrals without awkwardly asking
• Why networking isn’t schmoozing — it’s job simulation

Networking is not luck.
It’s math.

And if you treat it like a numbers game instead of an emotional one, your funnel changes dramatically.

I’m Ian Glennon — ex-BCG consultant (8/8 interviews), 5,000+ coaching sessions delivered, and 500+ candidates guided to offers across MBB and Tier-2 firms.

If you want structured preparation that actually converts interviews into offers:

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

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🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
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Welcome to Consulting Knowledge: Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant.

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The Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide.
But right now, it’s holding 20% of the world’s oil supply hostage.

Following the late February 2026 U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran — and Iran’s retaliation across the Gulf — global energy markets are absorbing the shock in real time. Tankers are anchored. War-risk insurance is soaring. Brent crude is spiking. And the ripple effects are hitting inflation, equities, freight rates, and central bank policy.

In this Knowledge Series deep dive, we break down:

• How the oil & gas value chain actually works (upstream, midstream, downstream)

• Why the Strait of Hormuz is the most fragile choke point in the global economy

• The three risk scenarios: baseline, prolonged conflict, and tail-risk regional war

• What $85 vs $100 vs $130 oil actually means for inflation and interest rates

• Which sectors get crushed (airlines, petrochemicals, consumer discretionary)

• Which sectors win (upstream energy, defense, non-Gulf LNG, infrastructure)

• How to structure this analysis in a consulting case interview

If you’re preparing for consulting interviews, this episode gives you something most candidates lack: macro-level pattern recognition. When you can connect geopolitics, supply chain vulnerability, energy economics, and sector impact in a clean framework — you immediately stand out.

If you want structured preparation:

🎯 Full 360° Course⁠https://customcasecoach.com/⁠

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📍 1:1 CoachingLeland: ⁠https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g⁠PrepLounge: ⁠https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116⁠MConsultingPrep: ⁠https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852⁠

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Welcome to Consulting Knowledge: Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant.

==============================================  Airlines are one of the most misunderstood industries in consulting cases.

High revenue. High utilization. Massive brand presence.

And yet — razor-thin margins.

In this episode, we break down how airlines actually make money:

• Fixed vs variable cost structure
• Load factor and yield management
• The role of ancillary revenue
• Fuel exposure and hedging
• Hub strategy vs point-to-point models
• Why scale doesn’t guarantee profitability

Understanding airline economics builds business intuition that applies to heavy manufacturing, capital-intensive industries, and beyond.

This episode is part of the Consulting Knowledge series — strengthening the business fluency interviewers expect.

If you want structured preparation:

🎯 Full 360° Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/

Welcome to Decoding the Interview:

A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview.

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How do you double revenue in a niche, regulated pharmaceutical market?

In this Decoding the Interview episode, we walk through a rare disease growth case and break down:

• Revenue decomposition in pharma• Market expansion vs penetration trade-offs• Pricing power in regulated markets• Pipeline and lifecycle considerations• How interviewers evaluate your structure

This is a real-time breakdown of how growth logic is tested in consulting interviews — especially in healthcare-heavy offices.

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube Mock Cases & Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/

Welcome to Consulting Mindset Shifts:

Every Sunday we bring big ideas and mental models to reshape how you think about your consulting recruiting journey and your interviews.

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Frameworks aren’t the problem.

Misusing them is.

In this episode, we map the ecosystem of consulting frameworks — profitability, growth, market entry, M&A — and explain why most candidates treat them as scripts instead of strategic tools.

You’ll learn:

• Why memorized frameworks fail under pressure
• How frameworks are meant to function (as project plans)
• The difference between structure and recitation
• How partners instantly detect robotic thinking

This is a Consulting Mindset episode — focused on how real consultants think, not how students rehearse.

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube Mock Cases & Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/

Welcome to the Recruiting Playbook. Our weekly series where we discuss tactical strategies to get interview invites, referrals, and ultimately, offers.

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The old consulting playbook is dead.

If you're still following advice from five years ago — polished resume, a few MBB applications, memorized frameworks — you’re already behind.

In this episode, we break down the new reality of breaking into consulting:

• Why recruiting timelines now start in March of junior year
• The MBB-or-bust fallacy (and why it kills offers)
• Why you should apply to 40–50 firms, not three
• How to mass-produce high-quality applications (Light Bulb Resume + Frankenstein Cover Letter)
• The regression data showing networking is the #1 controllable predictor of interview invites
• How to use the “similarity filter” and play tag to build real referrals
• Why memorized frameworks get you rejected
• How to treat cases like live project plans, not textbook quizzes
• Why AI should polish your work — not think for you

Most candidates treat consulting prep like a test to hack.

That mindset is wrong.

Consulting interviews are simulations. The casing, the math drills, the ambiguity — that is the job.

If you try to shortcut the interview process without building the underlying skill set, you might sneak in — but you won’t survive.

This episode walks through the Custom Case Coach methodology for navigating today’s hyper-accelerated recruiting environment — and preparing at the level firms now expect.

I’m Ian Glennon — ex-BCG consultant (8/8 interviews), 5,000+ coaching sessions delivered, and 500+ candidates guided to offers across MBB and Tier-2 firms.

If you want structured preparation aligned with the new recruiting reality:

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube Mock Cases & Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/

Welcome to Consulting Knowledge: Our weekly series where we Deep dive into industries, business models, and core concepts you need to understand to ace your interviews and thrive as a consultant.

============================================== Not all markets behave the same.

A fragmented market requires a completely different strategy than a consolidated one — and consultants must recognize the difference instantly.

In this episode, we break down:

• What defines fragmented vs concentrated markets
• Pricing power and competitive dynamics
• M&A strategy in fragmented industries
• Scale advantages in consolidated markets
• Barriers to entry and capital intensity
• How this logic appears in case interviews

If you can identify market structure quickly, your case strategy becomes sharper immediately.

This episode is part of the Consulting Knowledge series — building structural thinking beyond memorized frameworks.

If you want to prepare like a consultant, not a case book:

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/

Welcome to Decoding the Interview:

A weekly behind-the-scenes breakdown of what interviewers are actually testing in case and fit interviews, and how to ace your interview.

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Watch Ian Glennon solve the full case live here: https://youtu.be/tJ3a_iUY2H4

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Manufacturing profitability cases punish vague thinking.

In this episode, we walk through a Korean OEM case and break down:

• Revenue vs cost drivers in heavy manufacturing
• Fixed vs variable cost dynamics
• Capacity utilization logic
• Competitive pricing pressure
• How to prioritize under time constraints

This episode demonstrates structured case leadership in capital-intensive industries.

🎯 Full 360° Consulting Recruiting Course
https://customcasecoach.com/

🧠 BCG Casey Chatbot Practice Tests
https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g/p/master-the-bcg-casey-chatbot-5-practice-tests-modeled-on-real-bcg-tests

📍 1:1 Coaching
Leland: https://www.joinleland.com/coach/ian-g
PrepLounge: https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-coach/profile/228116
MConsultingPrep: https://mconsultingprep.com/coaching/21852

🎥 YouTube Mock Cases & Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/@Coach_IanGlennon

🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglennon/