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Closing/Summing up the case interview

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Dear Anonymous A, Congratulations on advancing with your Case prep. Regarding your concerns about concluding/clos... (read entire answer)

Dear Anonymous A, Congratulations on advancing with your Case prep. Regarding your concerns about concluding/closing a Case, you should almost never use the approach you des... (read entire answer)

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Fields of focus?

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Innogy phone interview and application process

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Hey! I went through innogy’s application process in Germany, as well. The phone interview was in German and there w... (read entire answer)

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How many levels to original issue tree?

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Estimate market size when you know growth per year

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No expert by any means but this seems like a "fun" problem. I would solve it by doing: 1) If survival rate is 50%... (read entire answer)

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From Accenture to MBB?

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Do you structure a market sizing question differently than other cases and how detailed do you get in segmenting ?

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Consulting + good work life balance?

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Online Analytical Tests

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How important is the cover letter?

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Master the case material

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yes most people use them. no thoughts required, its a big database you need to pick the cases.

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