Notes to Readers Welcome, The Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club (YGCC) is proud to present the official 20112012 YGCC Case Book. I created this book to help you prepare for your upcoming consulting case interviews in align with our interview bootcamp. Please review the Bootcamp presentation on interview principles at http://www.yale.edu/consulting. This case book could not have been completed without the valuable contributions of members and alumni of YGCC. Thank C. Babar, E. Chan, R. Cochanski, B. Funk, L. Habegger, Z. Han, S. Li, J. Ling, F. Schackert, S. Young for sharing their interview experience. Thank Z. Han, Yale School of Management (SOM) consulting club for enlightening discussions. Thank R. Banerjee for reviewing the case book. Thank J. Liu for transforming the Latex into MS powerpoint version. I would also like to thank our club 2012 Annual sponsors: BCG, McKinsey & Company, and ConsultingGuru for their financial support as well as our friends at other consulting clubs for sharing with us their old casebooks. Please feel free contact us if you have any questions or comments regarding preparing the interview or the case book. Wish all of you success during the upcoming recruiting season!
Sincerely, Alice Qinhua Zhou Chair of Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club (YGCC) www.yale.edu/consulting/
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