Translate the strengths of your industry depth into general consulting skills: problem framing, economics, stakeholder management, implementation, and judgment.

The risk is not having expertise; it is presenting yourself as useful only when the case matches your prior sector.

Use industry examples to prove transferable skills, then show curiosity and structured learning when the case is outside your domain.

In mocks, deliberately practice unfamiliar industries and avoid importing assumptions from your sector unless you state and test them. For a related reference, see Why Experienced Professionals Struggle with Case Interviews.

I think context matters a lot here. The same move can be fine in one case and clunky in another, so I would focus on the reason behind it.

I ran into this in a mock too. The hard part for me was noticing it early instead of trying to fix everything at once.