Case Study and Presentation Rounds

What they ask

Several tracks at the local office end with you standing up and presenting, and the number of rounds is higher than people expect. A graduate programme candidate went through four interviews and two presentations over three months: a recorded HR video interview first, then the manager, then the partner. An experienced hire for an internal role was handed a case study, solved it, and presented the solution. A valuation analyst presented a working model to the partner and a local director in the last interviews.

What the presentation rounds contain, for example:

• A business case given to you in advance or on the day: diagnose the problem, structure the options, recommend one, and present it in ten to fifteen minutes to a manager or partner.
• Walk us through the model or the deck you prepared, then take questions on every assumption.
• Why this firm, in the partner round, asked plainly and expected to be answered specifically.
• For graduates, a second presentation later in the process, often on a different topic from the first.

What they look for

• Structure the partner can follow without slides: situation, question, analysis, recommendation, risks.
• Composure when interrupted; the partner rounds are conversational and they will stop you mid-slide.
• Consistency between what you present and what you said in earlier rounds, because the same people compare notes.
• Patience. The graduate candidate waited months and in one case never received a final answer, so keep other applications moving.