Assessment-centre case study

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for assessment-centre case study selection in the business, consulting, management, and operations sector with 5 skill areas: case analysis, critical thinking, numerical reasoning, data interpretation and situational judgment. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Case analysis — Synthesizing multiple documents and making a reasoned recommendation.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Data interpretation — Tables, charts, graphs, dashboards, trends, comparisons, and evidence-based conclusions.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. Exhibit A: sales −8% YoY. Memo B: "marketing underfunded." Finance note: COGS rose 5pp of sales. In an AC case, the strongest first synthesis step is:

   • A. Blame marketing only from Memo B
   • B. Ignore Finance because it conflicts
   • C. Separate volume/price/mix and cost effects; treat Memo B as a hypothesis to test
   • D. Recommend a full rebrand before reading numbers

2. You have 45 minutes, five exhibits, and must recommend keep/close/pivot for a product line. Best timeboxing?

   • A. Read every footnote equally for 44 minutes, then guess
   • B. Copy a generic consulting framework with no case facts
   • C. Write a 20-page essay with no recommendation
   • D. Skim for the decision criteria, extract 2–3 governing facts, draft a recommendation with assumptions, leave time to stress-test

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

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