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Case Interview: Beyond Common Frameworks

Tom Spencer

And as more and more candidates start to use them frequently, it is harder to impress the interviewers. Hence, I would like to give you two secret models to help you delight your interviewers. Kogan.com, an online retailer in Australia, has enjoyed exponential sales growth in the past 2 years and its stock price has more than doubled.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

This is why interviewers value “insights” in the case interview. Many CEOs told me, “Our prospects tell us that our product is clearly far superior to our competitors’, yet the prospects don’t buy. The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. What do we do?

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Growth Strategies

Tom Spencer

Growth strategy begins with identifying the source of the problem – you will want to look at customers, products, the company and its competitors. Addressing this type of case question is achievable, provided you can identify the root of the problem. Below we look at a specific case scenario. Source: Culturamix ).

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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. In a competitive landscape fraught with declining sales of consumer electronics and falling margins, RadioShack has fallen into a precarious situation.

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Intro to Consulting Case Frameworks

Management Consulted

As you’ve likely already figured out, the case interview is a very unusual creature. In the consulting case interview, your time is even more precious: you have only 4 minutes to develop and present a plan (2 to structure your case and 2 to present). Overview of consulting case frameworks.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

This is why interviewers value “insights” in the case interview. Many CEOs told me, “Our prospects tell us that our product is clearly far superior to our competitors’, yet the prospects don’t buy. The old way of thinking: “We are better than our competitors, so we should be winning sales.”. What do we do?

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. Read books or listen to audiobooks on business and consulting.