【正文】 ou’re assigned a role other than team leader, don’t fret. It doesn’t matter what your role is in the exercise—just do it well. If you and the team members are told to settle between yourselves who gets to do what, don’t fight over who gets to make the presentation or lead the group. Likewise, don’t play the shrinking violet. Remember, the recruiter is watching. Whatever you do, show confidence, not arrogance. A display of ego before John Flato at Cap Gemini Ernst amp。s skill across a range of areas is the primary reason . uses case interviews. Coveney indicates that the case interviews are meant to (1) assess a candidate’s analytical ability, (2) evaluate a candidate39。 insight into business problems and their approach to solving them (most questions are based on truelife client engagements) is the overall goal. Words of Wisdom:Gibney understands that many problems are too big to solve during the course of a halfhour interview, but wants to see a firm grasp of key issues. “The candidate must have an understanding of the overall situation and the overall problem, and then create an approach to solve it,” Gibney says. “For instance, if we’re talking about a client getting into the services business, I would expect to see some kind of framework around identifying what relevant services would be, and the different market and pany factors involved. I want the candidate to relate directly what the core issues are.” Michael K. Norris is an expert in consulting and consultant recruitment issues. He can be reached at michael. 10 / 10。s ability to structure and think through a problem as they would on the job. Words of Wisdom:Rindova says practice and familiarity with cases is essential, and stresses that an interview can go south if the candidate loses sight of the structure he or she is building. Lastly, beating a clear path to any response is more important than getting it right. “You can give (a recruiter) a wrong answer, but if you thought out loud through the process, you could still have a stellar interview,” Rindova concludes. Recruiter No. 3: Scott Berney, head of . recruiting operations, Monitor Group The Questions:Determining a person’s analytical skills, fort with manipulating numbers, and ability to integrate different pieces of data is the purpose of the case interview for Monitor Group. For the first round of interviews, case questions are usually written and are two to three pages in length. In the final round, a group event is used. Words of Wisdom:“My take on most other firms is that they put a premium on [the candidate’s] ability to ask questions in the interview. Monitor cases put a premium on your ability to analyze data, manipulate numbers, integrate, and e up with an answer based on the data you’ve been given,” says Berney. Like .’s Coveney, he doesn’t like to see candidates use too many frameworks to solve a problem. Recruiter No. 4: Sean Huurman, national recruiting director, KPMG Consulting The Questions:“The case question helps get t