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THE INDUSTRY CHEAT SHEETS
Think Like a Consultant Across 20 Industries.
Zero fluff, Quick recall, build for Case Interview Success
beingconsultant.com By Gaurav Bhosle
, Why Does This Exist?
Most candidates lose case interviews
before they even speak.
Not because of intelligence. Not because of frameworks.
Because the moment an industry is mentioned, there is a pause.
That pause costs you the offer.
Without Cheat Sheet With Cheat Sheet
Generic answers Specific, Confident insights
Surface level knowledge Sounds like an insider
The expensive pause Zero hesitation
This cheat sheet exists for one reason only.
To make sure that pause never happens to you.
,From the Consultant's Desk
Gaurav on the cheat sheet
I spent hours jumping between Thirteen insights. Twenty industries.
articles, reports, and textbooks, One unfair advantage. Read it. Mark
trying to piece together how Airlines it up. Argue with it. Add your own
actually make money, what makes notes. Make it so worn out that it
Banking regulation so complex, or falls apart by the time you land your
why FMCG margins are razor thin. offer. That is exactly what it is here
It was exhausting. And I knew I was for.
not alone.
That frustration became the The candidate who
blueprint for this cheat sheet. understands industries doesn't
Every insight on these pages comes just answer the question. They
from real consulting projects, real own the room.
case interviews, and over a decade
still remember the of coaching candidates just like you.
I night before my
McKinsey interview.
This is not a textbook summary.
This is the insider view. The kind of
All the best.
I had frameworks. I had practice industry knowledge that makes an
cases. But when I tried to truly interviewer pause, look up, and think
understand the industries I might "this person actually gets it."
be tested on, I hit a wall. There was
no single resource that gave me Gaurav Bhosle
Ex-McKinsey Consultant | Founder, Being Consultant
the depth I needed, in the time I had.
, Why would you love it?
A. Comprehensive industry coverage
Industry Cheat Sheet covers 20+ industries represented in
case interviews in last 10 years
Industries Covered
1. Airlines 11. Insurance
2. Asset Management 12. Logistics
3. Automotive 13. Media
4. Banking 14. Mining
5. E-commerce 15. Oil & Gas
6. Education 16. Pharmaceuticals
7. FMCG 17. Power
8. Govt & Non-profit organization 18. Real Estate
9. Heathcare Providers 19. Retail
10. Hospitality 20. Telecommunication