McKinsey Case Interview Live – Retail Growth Strategy

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On August 18 at 5PM ET, a real candidate sits down for a live McKinsey case interview and works through the whole thing. No edits, no do-overs, and no cleaned-up version afterward.

It's a growth case in retail. Part of the client's business is doing fine and part of it has gone flat, and the CEO wants to know what to do about it.

You can read a case write-up in 5 minutes. But watching someone work through one while a former McKinsey interviewer sits across from them is a different thing. You'll see where the candidate slows down, and what happens when the structure starts to wobble and the numbers stop cooperating.

Running the case is Divya Agarwal, an MC coach who spent 8 years at McKinsey as an Associate Partner and led recruiting for the Northeast region. She's interviewed or coached about 500 candidates, so the feedback she gives at the end is worth as much as the case itself.

You'll walk away knowing how much structure a hard case asks for, and what a strong recommendation sounds like when it lands.

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