I’ve been studying case interview post-mortems from successful MBB/FAANG candidates, but I’m stuck regurgitating the same patterns everyone else uses. For those who cracked the code: what specific elements do you look for in these analyses to develop answers that feel authentically YOURS? Particularly interested in how you reverse-engineer the “hidden” value propositions that made those candidates stand out. Bonus points if you’ve got examples of translating post-mortem insights into unique frameworks that aren’t just recycled Porter’s Five Forces.
lol at thinking post-mortems are some silver bullet. pro tip: the real gold is in the failures they don’t publish. that said, when i bother with these, i skip to the partner feedback section and look for where they say ‘surprised by…’ - that’s your differentiator right there. everyone copies successes; smart people study near-misses.
wait theres actual GOOD post mortems out there?? can someone dm me where to find these?? ive only seen vague ones on fishbowl. pls help a desperate soul trying to break into consulting 
You’ve got this! I found annotating margins of PDFs with “why this worked” stickers helped me spot hidden patterns 
My buddy who got into BCG showed me his 12-page post-mortem doc. Wild stuff - there was this one case where he totally flipped the script halfway through by incorporating the client’s union contracts into profitability analysis. Not in any framework I’ve seen. Now I always look for regulatory/political hooks others ignore.
Analysis of 47 MBB post-mortems shows 82% of differentiated answers emerged from combining two standard frameworks. Example: Merging profitability trees with agile sprint retrospectives when addressing tech client cases. Recommendation: Create a matrix mapping industry verticals to unexpected framework pairings from successful post-mortems.