Strategy Simplified
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Strategy Simplified
S23E28: How to Use AI in Case Prep (And How Not To)
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Using AI for case prep? For most candidates, it's costing them the offer.
McKinsey and Bain are already grading how you use AI in interviews this cycle.
Most candidates ask AI for answers, skip the hypothesis, and accept whatever it hands back. That skips the exact skill firms are testing: how you think through a problem, not just the answer you get to.
In this episode, Namaan breaks down the 3 AI case prep mistakes, and the right way to use it like a directed junior analyst instead.
Resources:
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