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What is a Case Interview?

CaseInterview.com

What you will learn: Learn the basics of a case interview – what it is, how they are different from a regular job interview, who uses them, why they are used, and the types of case interview formats and the difference between them. Topics Covered: What is a Case Interview? What is a Case Interview?

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BCG Case Interviews in Europe

CaseInterview.com

Following is a report from a CaseInterview.com student that was recently hired by BCG in Western Europe where he shares his experience interviewing with BCG in Europe. My preparation consisted of your videos and the Case in Point book. My first two interviews were more quantitative.

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Examples of Concluding Your Case Interview (Part II)

Tom Spencer

This article focuses on how to conclude well in your case interview. What I’m going to do in this post is to give two examples of conclusions to the same case interview: one okay conclusion and one great conclusion. The only thing I did want to call out as a caveat is that there have been some recent reports in the U.S.

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Frameworks for the Case Interview (Part III: Value Chain Framework)

Tom Spencer

Supply: For many manufacturing cases, inputs are materials from suppliers. Production can also involve activities that produce intangible products such as coding software, painting pictures, or writing reports. However, there are 4 common criteria that can be applied to most cases (see a summary below). Case Prompts.

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Charlie Munger & Mental Models

CaseInterview.com

This can occur if sales drop drastically, and you didn’t see it coming. It can also occur when sales accelerate suddenly, and you didn’t see that coming either. My direct reports all know that anytime anything deviates from what I expect, I will be asking a series of questions that begin with “ why? ”. Me: “Why?”. Me: “Why?”.

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Cascade of Errors

CaseInterview.com

As part of his desire to be a competent and safe pilot of private planes, he regularly read after-action reports of every airplane crash in the United States. After reading hundreds of crash report summaries, he observed a pattern. and 2) What were our sales yesterday? For some reason, I found that concept fascinating.

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The Business Empath's Guide to Consulting & Coaching

Consulting Matters

I started to suspect that I was when I was presenting some difficult feedback to a client about their sales practices. I had sat with over 100 focus group participants and heard story after story about the impact of the company's unethical sales practices on their lives. Sadly, more often than not this isn't the case.