LOMS – Case Interview Prep
Rating:
★★★★★ (4/5)
Best for candidates who:
- Have business backgrounds;
- Already know basic financial terms;
- Don’t require help with understanding the consulting career.
Details:
LOMS provides a good option for a candidate that needs to focus in improving their case solving skills and lacks experience and real world examples in how to do it.
Focus of the material: Case interview, learn by watching other people.
This material is best for a candidate with a business background, whom already knows basic financial terms, and that doesn’t require help with understanding the consulting career.
LOMS provides a good option for a candidate that needs to focus in improving their case solving skills and lacks experience and real world examples in how to do it.
Focus of the material: Case interview, learn by watching other people.
Look Over My Shoulder PST & Case Interview Prep Review
List of Materials
Free
Some articles on Fit Interview
Meeting board for case interview practice
Math tool
Casebooks
Articles on some business concepts
Paid
LOMS videos with case interview examples
Other advanced courses that cost extra
Overview
Possible tariffs
371 USD
Hours of training
20-45
Focus of the material
- Case interview: fit part
- Case interview: math
- Case interview: case
- Case interview: theory
Format
- Video Tutorials
- Video Practice
Assessment
Basics of Business Concepts
Strengths
• Knowledge of basic concepts (Revenue, Profit) is enough to understand the content
• Explains Issue Tree, hypothesis, frameworks, MECE, ROE, Return, Equity
Weaknesses
• The material doesn’t cover concepts such as NPV, IRR, pricing models without which the candidate will not be able to solve specific cases
• Concepts are not consolidated, hard to find and search between the articles
Personal Fit
Strengths
• Explains some basics on fit interviews, what the interviewer is looking for
• Decent McKinsey PEI articleperspective.
Weaknesses
• Not the focus of the material, doesn’t go in depth in any fit topics or explain how to create your own answer
Case Interview: Theory
Strengths
• Covers most of the theory you need to solve a basic case
• Basic theory is good, presented in the videos
Weaknesses
• Outdated theory and case solving methodology
• Force fits every case in two insufficient frameworks
Case Interview: Practice
Strengths
• Good videos with decent tips, learning by example with useful insigths
• Tool to practice with others
Weaknesses
• No materials for self-practicing
• Cases limited in industry and complexity
Case Interview: Math
Strengths
• Has a math tool
• Some case interview math in the videos
Weaknesses
• Math tool isn’t great and has some errors
• No math theory or tips
Path Clarity
Strengths
• Clear paths through the LOMS material, course is very linear and easy to follow
• Same for the book
Weaknesses
• Blog is hard to search and very disorganized
• Website is badly structured and very hard to search