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When I am structuring the case, I struggled and get lost.

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It's not uncommon to feel overwhelmed or forget frameworks when faced with a case interview, especially when the pressure is on. Here are some strategies to help you overcome this challenge: Practice Regularly: Regular ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How to structure this weird case?

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Hi! A very clear approach would be: Step 1: Verify the objective (e.g., generating money from the land) Step 2: Identify High Level Options how the land can be used, e.g., Selling it Renting it out Putting it to product ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Generating Industry-Specific Insights

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Hi Alice, I lack industry knowledge in a million industries…but I can brainstorm for any of them :) How? Learn commonalities/patterns Pull from your daily reading Pull from you general knowledge/observations Use framewo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Issue Tree vs. Buckets

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Hey there - Maikol is correct, that you will always be driving the problem using the drivers (option B). Even if you want to make buckets. you would be tackling it with the drivers for eg. Market dynamics Market grow ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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New Feature on PrepLounge.com: Structuring Drills

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Definitely a long-awaited feature - this is a game-changer for aspiring candidates! Congrats team, great work as usual. Regards, Andi

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Case Progression

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Hmmm quite honestly this is going to be hard to fix just via a Q&A. I do highly recommend a coaching session or two (you need to see how it's done, talk through it, try it yourself and get feedback). That said, the ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Structuring good frameworks is my weakness, what steps can I take to tackle that?

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Hi there, Rocketblocks is great for math/charts/exhibits, but horrible for structuring/frameworking. Please stop using it for frameworks! In terms of how to improve, I genuinely recommend coaching. Frameworking/structur ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Time to structure vague/creative cases MBB

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Hey there, The 'creativity' or out-of-the-box level of the case has no impact on the timing to structure or communicate. It should still be done within the same time frame as any other business question. There is on ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How would you structure this Baby formula case?

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Do you structure the case in buckets or in 'questions'?

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First of all congrats on passing the first rounds on more than one MBB! I guess this doesn't happen by chance so I would suggest keeping on doing what you have done so far, including the way you structure your cases. ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Building industry knowledge to solve cases

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Hi there, You're 100% right...this knowledge seriously helps with taking your casing to the next level.. I have a template, so feel free to reach out if interested! Some key tips: List all the major indust ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Time allowed to draft initial structure & scoring by interviewers

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3-4 minutes is definitely too long. Ideally, you don't need to write down the 3-4 levels deep. Better, be able to talk to (and think about) the deeper level when/where needed. The essence of a case is being able to ta ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Feeling stuck at Case Practice

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Adi

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Hi there, Two tips : 1. Practice, practice, and just dont give up. Give yourself time & celebrate little successes. Take a break for couple of days here and there and do something fun/creative to unclock the tra ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Case Structuring: Broad (All Angles) vs Specific (Targeted)

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Sidi

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Sidi

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Hi Anonymous! I believe the first structure is a better starting point. However, it still needs significant improvement. Structuring a case does not primarily mean to explain the interviewer WHAT you want to look i ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Which framework for a risk management case?

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Hi, I have worked for 5 years in the financial services management consulting(incl. risk management). I would suggest the standard risk management framework: EAD x PD x LGD = Expected Loss EAD is the predicted a ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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I am preparing for an interview at McKinsey

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Hi, This is a very typical case, which could be solved via table structure. Let’s say you know, that your client sells 1000 cups of coffee for takeaway at the price of 1 GBP each. And there are 4 market segments (by ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Confused on Structuring a Case

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Sidi

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Sidi

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Hi, I believe it is a very common misconception among candidates that they need to explicitly state a hypothesis before laying out their structure. But a much better advice is the following: Delay the explicit state ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Issue Tree Structuring

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I would structure the issue tree more as a logic/criteria that has to be met for the decision to make sense, rather than buckets of data to look into. IE: decision is sensible if 1) economics are viable, 2) capapbily ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How about starting the case structuring with key questions before structuring the key buckets areas to look at?

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Sidi

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Sidi

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Hi, I believe you have a problem in your thinking. It starts with understanding the purpose of a structure: structuring a case does NOT mean to tell the interviewer what you're going to look at! This is not a structur ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How to layout visually the entire initial structure to a case

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Sidi

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You need to oncentrate on the LOGIC, not on the qualitative bullet points that sit below the branches. So make sure to include: The core Question The criterion to answer the question (most likely an equation or ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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