The sprint · for interviews that won't wait
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.
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Day 1 starts the moment you do.
52 itemsDay 1 · Know the game
Tonight you can say: You know exactly what a case tests and the five beats every case follows.
Day 2 · Clean buckets
Tonight you can say: You can split any problem into MECE buckets and grow them into an issue tree.
Day 3 · Think like a detective
Tonight you can say: You open every case with a testable hypothesis and a 60-second tailored structure.
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.
Day 5 · Numbers, out loud
Tonight you can say: You can size a market and run case arithmetic while talking, without slips.
Day 6 · Read the data
Tonight you can say: You pull the one insight from any exhibit and speak margin language precisely.
Day 7 · The economics underneath
Tonight you can say: You can judge a business on CAC/LTV, returns, and balance-sheet risk.
Day 8 · Industry X-rays
Tonight you can say: You can scan an industry (Five Forces), a position (SWOT), and the macro (PESTEL) — selectively.
Day 9 · Frameworks as scaffolding
Tonight you can say: You borrow framework pieces without ever reciting one — and prove it on a capstone.
Day 10 · The two workhorse cases
Tonight you can say: Profitability and market entry openings come out of you automatically.
Day 11 · Deals and prices
Tonight you can say: You can test an M&A rationale and price on value, not cost.
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.
Day 13 · Full dress rehearsal
Tonight you can say: You've survived a complete timed mock and read your scorecard like an interviewer.
Day 14 · The human round
Tonight you can say: Your fit stories survive five layers of probing — and you close with a second mock.