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5 Core Case Study Principles Every Interviewee MUST Know

Management Consulted

There are not particularly intuitive for the uninitiated. 1) Focus on Structure. Structure is everything when it comes to answer case study questions. Interviewers want to know you can see the problem and solution from start to finish. Don’t be afraid to be very explicit in demonstrating your answer’s structure.

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Skipping Steps During a Case Interview

CaseInterview.com

Should I Use Intuition in my Case Interviews? . He stated that when given a case to work, any kind of problem the first thing you should do is intuitively solve the problem as quickly and accurately as possible, not waiting til the end of a case interview to describe a solution backed by data. Why does this happen?

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PM Interview Question – Give an Example of a Good Product and Not so Good Product

Tom Spencer

Is your answer well structured? How to structure your answer? These key design principles are: Usefulness : is the product solving a key pain point? Intuitiveness : ?Is Is the interface intuitive and easy to figure out? Give me an example of a good product and not so good product. What is this question about?

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MECE (Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive) Copy

CaseInterview.com

The MECE principle suggests that to understand and fix any large problem, you need to understand your options by sorting them into categories that are: Mutually Exclusive – Items can only fit into one category at a time and Collectively Exhaustive – All items can fit into one of the categories.

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MECE

CaseInterview.com

MECE is a systematic problem-solving framework that helps to solve complex problems. In case interviews, the MECE principle is a valuable tool for creating issue trees break down complicated problems into basic components you can evaluate and help you get to the root of the problem.

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How Good Companies Become Market Leaders (Without an Infusion of Capital): Interview with Charles Browne

Consulting Matters

Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn : Hey, it’s Betsy Jordyn of the Consultant’s Institute, and I’m so excited to interview Charles Browne. And our topic today is really focusing on those product companies. You know what I’m talking about, the companies that have had a good run, because they had a great innovative idea.

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An Insider’s Look at The Case Interview Scoring System

Management Consulted

Before you take time to build your structure, the interviewer already has a pretty strong impression on whether or not they think you’ll be a good fit for the firm. 2 – Structure, structure, structure. Our scoring system is on a 5-point scale – 1 is painful and 5 is perfect. Everything you do is important.