Prepare for your Oliver Wyman case interview

Case interviews and behavioral rounds tailored to Oliver Wyman’s quantitative, financial-services-oriented consulting culture.

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The Interview

What Oliver Wyman is looking for

Case Interview

01Quantitative Problem Solving

02Financial Services Acumen

03Creative Structuring

04Risk & Uncertainty Analysis

Behavioral Interview

01Intellectual Curiosity

02Entrepreneurial Thinking

03Collaborative Impact

04Resilience Under Ambiguity

Financial services specialization//Quantitative rigor emphasis//Risk & actuarial expertise

Practice Library

Oliver Wyman exercises

Ready to ace your Oliver Wyman case interview?

Prepare for your Oliver Wyman case interview

Case interviews and behavioral rounds tailored to Oliver Wyman’s quantitative, financial-services-oriented consulting culture.

Socratify AI

The Interview

What Oliver Wyman is looking for

Case Interview

01Quantitative Problem Solving

02Financial Services Acumen

03Creative Structuring

04Risk & Uncertainty Analysis

Behavioral Interview

01Intellectual Curiosity

02Entrepreneurial Thinking

03Collaborative Impact

04Resilience Under Ambiguity

Financial services specialization//Quantitative rigor emphasis//Risk & actuarial expertise

How It Works

Master Oliver Wyman Case Interviews

Financial services strategy, risk, and behavioral rounds, scored on Oliver Wyman’s evaluation dimensions. · Click to expand

1Your Consulting Goals

Case Structuring

Practitioner

Quantitative Analysis

Practitioner

2Consulting Case Prep

A top-10 global bank wants to stress-test its lending portfolio against a severe...

CASE INTERVIEWHard

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3Frameworks

Framework

Is revenue mix shifting toward lower-margin channels?

Third-party delivery share growing?

Delivery share: 12% to 31% of orders in 2 years

Avg delivery commission: 28% of order value

Promotional discounting eroding realized price?

Promo orders: 22% of total (up from 9%)

Are input costs rising faster than pricing?

Labor cost per store increasing?

Avg hourly wage up 18% ($14.50 to $17.10)

Turnover rate: 142% annualized

Food cost inflation outpacing menu price?

Food COGS up 14% vs menu price up 4%

Are fixed operating costs scaling disproportionately?

Real estate and lease escalation?

Avg rent per sq ft up 11% (new leases at +22%)

Technology spend for delivery infrastructure?

Tech opex: $4.2M (1.8% of rev, up from 0.4%)

4Feedback

Case Structuring

Distinctive

Hypothesis-Driven Analysis

Strong

Quantitative Reasoning

Meeting Bar

Synthesis & Recommendation

Strong

Repeat

Practice Library

Oliver Wyman exercises

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CASE INTERVIEWHard

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A mid-size European bank is losing 12% of retail deposits annually to neobanks. Diagnose...

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Tell me about a time you used quantitative analysis to change someone’s mind on a...

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Intellectual CuriosityOliver Wyman

Describe a situation where you navigated significant uncertainty and still delivered a...

BEHAVIORALHard

Behavioral · Resilience Under AmbiguityOliver Wyman