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The 14-day crash course

Two weeks out is enough — if every hour lands. This is the full method compressed into 14 sequenced days: read the move, drill it within minutes, prove it on a capstone, and rehearse it in scored mocks. About 9 hours total — roughly an hour a day.

Days 1–4 Structure5–7 Case math8–9 Frameworks10–12 Case types + firms13–14 Mocks + fit

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Day 1 starts the moment you do.

52 items
1

Day 1 · Know the game

Tonight you can say: You know exactly what a case tests and the five beats every case follows.

~27 min
2

Day 2 · Clean buckets

Tonight you can say: You can split any problem into MECE buckets and grow them into an issue tree.

~27 min
3

Day 3 · Think like a detective

Tonight you can say: You open every case with a testable hypothesis and a 60-second tailored structure.

~26 min
4

Day 4 · Answer first — then prove it

Tonight you can say: You synthesize top-down and can structure a case nobody has a framework for.

~42 min
5

Day 5 · Numbers, out loud

Tonight you can say: You can size a market and run case arithmetic while talking, without slips.

~32 min
6

Day 6 · Read the data

Tonight you can say: You pull the one insight from any exhibit and speak margin language precisely.

~28 min
7

Day 7 · The economics underneath

Tonight you can say: You can judge a business on CAC/LTV, returns, and balance-sheet risk.

~53 min
8

Day 8 · Industry X-rays

Tonight you can say: You can scan an industry (Five Forces), a position (SWOT), and the macro (PESTEL) — selectively.

~27 min
9

Day 9 · Frameworks as scaffolding

Tonight you can say: You borrow framework pieces without ever reciting one — and prove it on a capstone.

~55 min
10

Day 10 · The two workhorse cases

Tonight you can say: Profitability and market entry openings come out of you automatically.

~28 min
LessonProfitability cases9 min
LessonMarket entry cases9 min
DrillCase-type opening reps~10 min
11

Day 11 · Deals and prices

Tonight you can say: You can test an M&A rationale and price on value, not cost.

~28 min
LessonM&A cases9 min
LessonPricing cases9 min
DrillDeal-math reps~10 min
12

Day 12 · Growth, rescue, and your target firm

Tonight you can say: You sequence a turnaround correctly and know your target firm's format cold.

~60 min
13

Day 13 · Full dress rehearsal

Tonight you can say: You've survived a complete timed mock and read your scorecard like an interviewer.

~44 min
14

Day 14 · The human round

Tonight you can say: Your fit stories survive five layers of probing — and you close with a second mock.

~67 min

Finished all 14? You're not done — you're calibrated. Keep the edge with a daily drill, a weekly mock, and the case library until the real interview feels like one more rep.