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How should I approach this case? "Our client is an airline and is trying to figure out how many airplanes it should buy next year. It has hired us to advise".

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I Got Rejected for Bain Event, Does it Mean i Should Not Apply for Role Directly?

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How to calculate "Net operating profit"?

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How many mock cases until I am "ready"?

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Basic Cost Frameworks?

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IT Case: What happens with the IT when an PMI / company spit occurs?

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As a microbiology graduate, I have little or no knowledge about preparing for business consulting interview? Please help!!!

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Is there really a best time to have an interview? I am given two options - Morning or afternoon slot on Friday. What is the best?

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What to do if you know the case?

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In the phone interview, in explaining our structure should we list each and every pointer in our 3rd layer and y we included the same in the structure as the interviwere cannot see our sheet ? if we do that dont we run a risk of spending too much time in first question ?

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How to prepare for a group case interview?

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So I got an interview invite from Tier 1 and in the invitation e-mail, HR did not mention anything regarding the travel arrangements. I would have to take a flight to get to their office and also book a hotel. So Im wondering if its polite to just directly ask the HR regarding the travel arrangements?

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BCG tells the interviewer profile before the interview by e-mail. What about Bain and McK? Is it Ok to ask HR who the interviewer is going to be?

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What is the best approach to build a framework for uncommon cases?

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Brainteaser: How many litres of water are there in the Atlantic ocean.

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