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Deloitte Case Interview Examples: A Worked Practice Case

Deloitte cases are candidate-led, data-heavy, and shaped by the practice you apply to. Work through a full Deloitte-style workforce case step by step, check your math as you go, and compare your answers to a model response.

By the Case Prep Team Updated October 1, 2026 15 min read

Candidate-ledYou are expected to drive

2 roundsTypical for entry-level roles

Group caseCommon in the final round

3 practicesStrategy, technology, human capital

Start the practice case Read the Deloitte interview guide

Format

What makes Deloitte cases different

Deloitte Consulting is organized into practice groups, and your case usually reflects the one you applied to. Strategy cases look like classic MBB cases. Technology cases focus on digital and systems decisions. Human capital cases focus on workforce and organization questions.

You drive the case

Deloitte cases are generally candidate-led. You set the structure, ask for data, and push toward a recommendation without waiting to be prompted.

More exhibits than most firms

Prep guides describe Deloitte cases as data-heavy, often with several exhibits per case. Reading charts quickly and pulling out the one number that matters is a core skill.

The group case

Deloitte is one of the few large firms that regularly runs a group case, usually in the final round. You are assessed on how you work with others, not only on the answer.

Applying to Monitor Deloitte, the firm's strategy practice? Expect harder cases closer to MBB in difficulty, and in many offices a written case. The Deloitte interview guide covers both tracks.

Case types

Case types Deloitte candidates report

These five themes cover most Deloitte cases across its practices. Each example prompt below is an original Deloitte-style prompt, not a real interview question. Pick a tab to see how you would structure it and what math to expect.

Example prompt: A regional airline is losing share to low-cost carriers. How should it respond?
How to structure it: Diagnose where it is losing (routes, customer segments, price), then compare options: match prices, differentiate on service, or exit weak routes.
Math to expect: Market share, revenue per seat, and break-even load factors.

Practice case

Worked practice case: Meridian Health

This is an original case written in the style Deloitte candidates describe, with a human capital focus: a staffing exhibit, cost math, a retention calculation, and a workforce plan. In a live interview you would drive the structure yourself. Here, each step shows the question an interviewer would likely ask next.

Answer each step out loud or on paper before you reveal the model answer. The suggested times match a strong candidate's pace.

Human capitalHealthcareAbout 25 minutes

Meridian Health: cutting reliance on agency nurses

Your client is Meridian Health, a system of eight hospitals with $3 billion in annual revenue. Over three years, its spending on agency nurses, who are hired through staffing firms at premium rates, has tripled, and its operating margin has fallen sharply. The CEO has asked Deloitte to reduce agency spending without putting safe staffing levels at risk. How would you approach this?

If you ask clarifying questions, the interviewer shares:

Staffing ratios are fixed by hospital policy, so every vacant shift must be filled.
Meridian's nurses are not unionized.
Patient volumes have been stable for three years.

0 of 6 steps revealed

Structure the problem

Take about 2 minutes

Interviewer: How would you structure this?
Agency spending is the gap between the nurses Meridian needs and the nurses it employs, priced at a premium. I would look at:
- Demand: nurse hours needed, driven by patient volume and staffing ratios.
- Supply: how many staff nurses Meridian has, how fast it hires, and how many leave.
- Cost: the price gap between staff nurses, overtime, and agency nurses.
- Constraints: patient safety, care quality, and nurse burnout.
Why it works: it turns a cost problem into a workforce problem, which is where the real fix sits. That is exactly the lens a human capital interviewer wants to see.
Read the workforce exhibit

Take about 2 minutes

Interviewer: Here is Meridian's nurse workforce data. What is the vacancy rate, and what does the data tell you?

Exhibit 1: Meridian nurse workforce

Measure Value

Budgeted nurse positions 6,000

Filled nurse positions 5,100

Annual nurse turnover 22%

Staff nurse cost per hour (fully loaded) $75

Agency nurse cost per hour $150

Illustrative data for practice.

Vacancy rate (%)
Size the agency premium

Take about 3 minutes

Interviewer: Assume each vacant position equals 2,000 hours a year, all filled by agency nurses. How much extra does Meridian pay each year compared with filling them with staff nurses?

Extra annual cost ($M)
Value a retention program

Take about 3 minutes

Interviewer: Replacing each nurse who leaves costs about $50K in recruiting and onboarding. If Meridian cut turnover from 22% to 15%, how much would it save in replacement costs each year?

Annual savings ($M)
Brainstorm the levers

Take about 2 minutes

Interviewer: What could Meridian do to close the gap?
- Hire more: partner with nursing schools, offer referral bonuses, and speed up the hiring process so candidates do not accept other offers first.
- Keep more: offer flexible scheduling, clear career paths, and better training for nurse managers, who strongly influence whether nurses stay.
- Redesign the work: shift tasks that do not need a registered nurse to aides and technicians, and cut documentation time.
- Replace agencies internally: build an in-house float pool of nurses who cover vacant shifts across all eight hospitals at a lower premium.
Organizing ideas by hire, keep, redesign, and replace makes the answer easy to follow and shows you covered every route to closing the gap.
Make the recommendation

Take about 1 minute

Interviewer: The CEO asks for your recommendation. What do you tell her?

Measure	Value
Budgeted nurse positions	6,000
Filled nurse positions	5,100
Annual nurse turnover	22%
Staff nurse cost per hour (fully loaded)	$75
Agency nurse cost per hour	$150

Math

Deloitte case math quick check

Deloitte cases stack several calculations on top of exhibits, so speed and accuracy both matter. Try these four without a calculator, and aim for under a minute each.

A store chain has 4,000 employees and 70% annual turnover. How many people leave each year?

Departures

An airline flies 180-seat planes. Fixed cost per flight is $18,000, and each passenger brings in $150. How many passengers does a flight need to break even?

Passengers

A warehouse ships 2.5 million units a year at a cost of $10M. What is the cost per unit?

Cost per unit ($)

Revenue grew from $80M to $92M. What was the growth rate?

Growth (%)

Other formats

The group case

Deloitte often adds a group case to the final round. You work with several other candidates on a shared problem, prepare a joint answer, and present it to interviewers who watch the whole discussion.

What interviewers look for is different from a live case. They want to see how you work with others:

Contribute early. Suggest a way to split the work or a structure for the discussion in the first few minutes.
Build on others' ideas. Referencing and improving a teammate's point scores better than pushing your own.
Keep the group on track. Watching the time and summarizing where the group has landed are valuable roles.
Do not dominate. Talking the most is not the goal. Making the group's answer better is.

Some roles also start with an online assessment before any interviews, so check your invitation for the full sequence.

Prep plan

A two-week prep plan for a Deloitte case

Days 1 to 3
Learn to structure cases for your practice area, whether strategy, technology, or human capital. Start with the frameworks guide.
Days 4 to 6
Drill math daily, especially percentages, growth rates, and per-unit costs.
Days 7 to 8
Work through multi-exhibit cases, giving the key takeaway from each chart in one sentence.
Days 9 to 11
Run full candidate-led cases with a partner. Redo Meridian Health from memory and time yourself.
Days 12 to 14
Practice a group case with three or four other candidates, and prepare a specific "Why Deloitte?" that names your practice.

Keep preparing

Deloitte interview guideRounds, formats, and the group case. Deloitte salariesPay for core Deloitte and Monitor Deloitte. Deloitte cover letter guideStructure and a downloadable template. Deloitte application deadlinesDates and timeline for the next cycle.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Are Deloitte case interviews candidate-led?

Yes, generally. You are expected to set the structure, ask for data, and drive toward a recommendation.

What kind of cases does Deloitte give?

It depends on your practice. Strategy candidates get classic cases on growth and profitability, technology candidates get digital and systems cases, and human capital candidates get workforce and organization cases.

What is the Deloitte group case?

In the final round, you may work with other candidates on a shared case and present a joint answer. Interviewers assess how you collaborate as much as the answer itself.

How is Monitor Deloitte different?

Monitor Deloitte is Deloitte's strategy practice. Its cases are harder and closer to MBB, and many offices add a written case.

How many rounds does Deloitte run?

Most entry-level processes have two rounds, each mixing behavioral questions with one or two cases, with the group case often in the final round.

Is the Meridian Health case a real Deloitte case?

No. It is an original practice case written to match the style Deloitte candidates describe. All numbers are illustrative.

Sources

Management Consulted, Deloitte Case Interview. managementconsulted.com. Accessed October 2026.
Hacking the Case Interview, Deloitte Case Interview: Complete Prep Guide. hackingthecaseinterview.com. Accessed October 2026.
Road to Offer, Deloitte Case Interview 2026. roadtooffer.com. Accessed October 2026.
StrategyCase, Big 4 Case Interviews. strategycase.com. Accessed October 2026.

Case Prep is an independent practice platform and is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Deloitte. The Meridian Health case, example prompts, and all data on this page are original teaching material.

What makes Deloitte cases different

You drive the case

More exhibits than most firms

The group case

Case types Deloitte candidates report

Worked practice case: Meridian Health

Meridian Health: cutting reliance on agency nurses

Structure the problem

Read the workforce exhibit

Size the agency premium

Value a retention program

Brainstorm the levers

Make the recommendation

Deloitte case math quick check

The group case

A two-week prep plan for a Deloitte case

Practice more consulting cases

Keep preparing

Frequently asked questions

Are Deloitte case interviews candidate-led?

What kind of cases does Deloitte give?

What is the Deloitte group case?

How is Monitor Deloitte different?

How many rounds does Deloitte run?

Is the Meridian Health case a real Deloitte case?

Sources