In this mock consulting interview with USC Marshall MBA Student, Ethan, we go over a pharmaceutical industry case focusing on market entry.

Listen to the entire thought process of the mock interview.

We also leave in the moments of pause to show you how long it feels to pause, and show you that it is okay to pause to think through your framework (anywhere up to 2 minutes is where it is getting too long)

You can find the Yale case book, and 9 other amazing casebooks to practice mock interviews here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xCry_kuFvnnZc3sMMdC6e4pcseKFpg_MfW52RKMIArI/edit?usp=sharing

Listen to a consulting case interview practice with USC Marshall MBA student, Ethan Tseng. In this podcast, I record the entire case interview, including the pauses, the brainstorming, and also the ending conclusions and notes to show you what a real case practice interview sounds like.

Here are 3 takeaways from the case:

1. Take your time to analyze your exhibits. And when transferring over numbers to your working papers, be sure to copy over them right. It can be easy to make a mistake in the time crunch of the interview.

2. Do the case math right and double-check it. After getting to a number, always ask yourself "so what?".

3. Frame the interview as a conversation. In this case, Ethan is a professional within strategy and operations - he leaned into his skill set and was able to be much smoother and more conversational within the case.