Hi Hans,

This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I am happy to provide my perspective on it:

• I absolutely agree with you that timing seems to be overtly tough. While I would always advise you to be prepared for literally anything and be your own toughest time keeper, this part of the case study seems to be not thought through.
• Generally speaking, for well-rounded case studies, I would advise you to expect tough quantitative questions yet normally not questions resulting in meaningless time loss (such as calculating NPVs with the DCF method).

In case you want a more detailed discussion on how to best approach quant-heavy case studies, please feel free to contact me directly.

I hope this helps,

Hagen

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