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It does require the candidate to spend time sourcing their own employment opportunities. A job that would typically be left to the recruiter to complete. However it should also be noted that most job seekers only use recruitment agencies as one source of job finding and will typically use the Internet or company job sites to source their own opportunites anyway.

After the applicant is given information about the case, the applicant is expected to ask the interviewer logical and sequential questions that will enable the applicant to understand the situation, probe deeper into relevant areas, gather pertinent information and arrive at a solution or recommendation for the question or situation at hand.

Case interviews are mostly used in hiring for management consulting and investment banking jobs. Firms use case interviews to evaluate analytical ability and problem-solving skills; they are looking not for a "correct" answer" but for an understanding of how the applicant thinks and how the applicant approaches problems.

During case interviews, interviewers are generally looking for the following skills.

• Numerical and verbal reasoning skills
• Communication and presentation skills
• Business skills and commercial awareness
  

Candidates are often asked to estimate a specific number, often a commercial figure (such as market size or profitability). Candidates are expected to demonstrate reasoning rather produce the exact answer.

A case interview can also be conducted as a group exercise. Here several candidates are given some briefing materials on a business problem and asked to discuss and agree upon a solution. The interviewers normally sit around the exterior of the room as silent observers. They assess candidates communication and interaction as well as analytical thinking and commercial awareness.

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