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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – Profitability

Management Consulted

Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. If you get a case that deals with declining profits, the first question you should ask is “why?”

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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – Profitability

Management Consulted

Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. If you get a case that deals with declining profits, the first question you should ask is “why?”

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Business Acumen in Case Interviews

CaseInterview.com

I have recently received feedback from my final round interviews at McKinsey, and have been told that they would like to interview me two more times because they were not clear on some of my case solving abilities. And how do I improve on this aspect of the case? analytical, i.e. structuring of a problem. quantitative.

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The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews

Management Consulted

Do you sweat when nervously thinking about how Disney can expand its operations in Brazil? Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. Master fit questions, conquer case studies, and become the smartest interviewer in the room.

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31 books on leadership and change

Brimstone Consulting

For more than 40 years, we have worked side by side with extraordinary leaders to help them spur changes and drive transformation in their organizations, businesses, and industries. The following list of 31 books on leadership and change is comprised of books we have found helpful in our careers and ones we often recommend to leaders.

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Cascade of Errors

CaseInterview.com

In the book The Checklist Manifesto by surgeon Atul Gawande (one of my favorite books on building scalable operations), the author discusses the errors that occur in surgery. The two errors that stick out most in my mind are: Operating on the wrong part of the patient (e.g., At the simplest level, is business good or bad?

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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.