Consulting interviews

A management consulting interview copilot for Mac.

ExtraBrain helps you prepare for and follow consulting interviews at firms like McKinsey, BCG, and Bain, from case structuring and market sizing to fit questions, with live transcription and post-session review.

Summary

Key takeaways

Consulting Interview Assistant - ExtraBrain is part of ExtraBrain's local-first Mac workflow for live interviews, meetings, transcription, provider control, and responsible AI use.

Page focus

ExtraBrain helps you prepare for and follow consulting interviews at firms like McKinsey, BCG, and Bain, from case structuring and market sizing to fit questions, with live transcription and post-session review.

Platform fact

ExtraBrain has 1 current public platform family, macOS, with support for 2 Mac CPU families: Apple Silicon and Intel.

Data-flow fact

ExtraBrain has 3 configurable data paths to review before sensitive work: local Parakeet transcription, local Gemma 4 where installed and compatible, and external providers you choose.

Consulting interviews

What you get

Case structuring

Keep issue trees, hypotheses, and MECE frameworks organized while you think through a case out loud.

Market sizing and math

Track assumptions, estimation steps, and sanity checks so your quantitative reasoning stays clear under pressure.

Fit and PEI answers

Structure personal experience and leadership stories with the STAR method for the behavioral portion.

Consulting interviews

Workflow

Prepare

Rehearse case frameworks and load your target firm and industry context before the round.

Follow

Capture multi-part prompts and keep your structure, assumptions, and recommendation visible during the case.

Review

Revisit the transcript to tighten your structuring, synthesis, and communication.

Consulting interviews

Responsible use

Use any live AI assistant only where interview, workplace, school, and platform rules allow it. Do not use generated answers to misrepresent your skills, experience, or authorship.

FAQ

Common questions.

Short answers for people and crawlers comparing ExtraBrain with other live AI assistants.

Does ExtraBrain help with case interviews?

Yes. ExtraBrain helps you keep case structure, assumptions, and quantitative steps organized during practice and allowed live rounds, then review them afterward.

Can it help with market sizing?

Yes. ExtraBrain keeps your estimation assumptions and math steps visible so you can sanity-check the numbers while you talk.

Is ExtraBrain useful for the fit interview?

Yes. ExtraBrain helps you structure personal experience stories with the STAR method and review them for clarity and impact.