Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 5, 2020
It is a classic case interview question, in which a candidate is asked to make an estimate. When a consultant meets with the CEO of a major airline to discuss growth strategy, for example, they may need to do a market sizing to get a grasp of how big the broader market is. It depends on the case. How to do it?
Management Consulted
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
A few months ago, we had the pleasure of interviewing Marc Cosentino at his Santa Barbara home. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Marc, he’s pretty much the Godfather when it comes to case interviews. We had a blast getting to meet Marc, the guy who pretty much pioneered case interview prep material.
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Management Consulted
JUNE 26, 2016
Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And I think I have the gist of getting a case down, as well as understanding those details.
CaseInterview.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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.
CaseInterview.com
JUNE 1, 2020
The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Think Zoom video conferencing; they grew from 10 million to 300 million meeting participants in five months. economic history. That’s 30X growth in less than two quarters!).
Tom Spencer
JULY 2, 2015
Below we provide a selection of sample consulting case questions. Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. It is currently summer, and Cabana is having trouble meeting demand. (Source: Flickr ). Declining Profitability.
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 3, 2012
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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