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Market Sizing Case Interview Questions

Tom Spencer

Market sizing is the test of a consultant’s mettle. It is a classic case interview question, in which a candidate is asked to make an estimate. A market sizing question literally asks a candidate to estimate the volume or the value of a something. This could be the size of a market or something from left field.

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Defense, then Offense

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The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Sometimes, you get lucky because the market moves toward you. Think Zoom video conferencing; they grew from 10 million to 300 million meeting participants in five months.

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How to Build a Strong Client Relationship

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In these cases, just connecting the work you are doing to these concerns (and showing how they are related for better or for worse) is perceived as valuable. For example, I am writing this post from the airport where Alaska Airlines (the only major airline with a hub in Seattle) had a computer system outage.

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Sample Consulting Case Questions

Tom Spencer

Below we provide a selection of sample consulting case questions. Entering a New Market. Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. A large Korean electronics company is thinking about entering the market for tablet computers.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart.

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Case Interview Example – Capacity Change Framework

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I've had several requests to provide an example of a case involving the Capacity Change Framework as described in my case interview frameworks article. First, you don't see this kind of case very often. I did 60+ case interview questions and never saw this case even once. DEFINITIONS. .

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Your Relationships = Your Net Worth

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A number of my McKinsey friends’ startups succeeded, in some cases wildly so (one of them was StubHub). I suffered from a moderate case of depression and an extreme case of self-doubt. I am going to help out Porter by helping her reach a larger audience (in this case, you). My two back-to-back startup attempts failed.