Case interview questions

Case questions give you a business problem to work through — or, at executive level, a board presentation — to see how you structure a problem and reach a recommendation.

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Structure first: clarify the goal, set out the options, then recommend one and say what it would take.

Sample questions

  1. Case Month-end closing takes ten days and management wants it in five. What do you do?

    Professional

    What the interviewer is looking for: Process improvement thinking.

  2. Case Overtime costs have doubled in a year in the operations team. What do you do?

    Professional

    What the interviewer is looking for: Cost driver analysis.

  3. Case Your manager asks whether to open a new branch in another city. What do you analyse?

    Professional

  4. Case and board presentation Two profitable divisions compete for the same capital. How do you decide?

    Executive

  5. Case and board presentation Costs have grown faster than revenue for three years. What do you do?

    Executive

  6. Case and board presentation Market share has fallen from 30% to 22% over three years. What do you investigate?

    Executive

The four answers to each question, and why one is stronger than another, are in the free practice.

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What are case interview questions?

Case questions give you a business problem to work through — or, at executive level, a board presentation — to see how you structure a problem and reach a recommendation.

How should I answer them?

Structure first: clarify the goal, set out the options, then recommend one and say what it would take.

Are these questions with answers?

Each page shows real questions from the Interview Practice Suite and, for some, what the interviewer is looking for. The four answers to each question — and why one beats another — are in the free practice: 10 questions at your level with feedback on every answer.

Answer keys are written by EunoiaData from recognised interview practice and checked by a review panel. A practice tool: it scores the answers you choose, not how you speak in a real interview. Not designed for hiring, selection or promotion decisions.

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