Say why you include sub buckets in your structure?

Hi!

My view is that ou should never concentrate on explaining buckets anyway! This is NOT what a structure should do.

Structuring a case does not mean to explain the interviewer WHAT you want to look into (the "buckets")! Structuring a case means to explain the interviewer HOW you are going to answer the specific question that has been asked!

So your structue needs to be a LOGIC, not a set of qualitative buckets! Such qualitative elements (Customers, Market, Product, Competition, etc.) are nothing more than influencing factos that determine the answer to the question THROUGH the logic that you have outlined. THIS is how you think as a strategy consultant, and THIS is how you work out the approach towards strategic problems on real engagements. And you might not be surprised that this is also by far the best way to approach case questions in a rigorous way.

Cheers, Sidi

Hi,

I believe you should be presenting your buckets and providing a list of things you have in your buckets (e.g. In the market I would like to look at Size, Growth rates, segmentation, growth rates of the segments and regulation)

I do not recommend explaining why you are looking at these things, because you are stealing your own time. Just imagine - you have 4 buckets, 5 bullet points each. Multiply it by the time you need to explain the rationale for each point (please be realistic, since you'll have pauses between sentences, etc). You'll get the total extra 4-5 min waisted out of 25-30 min case. Moreover - the interviewer will get tired and distracted, although you have not even started the case.

Best