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Adding experience in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in CV?

CV Investment MBB
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Hi there, Great idea to add it. Expertise in this area is in high demand yet MBB has very little in-house knowledge still. If you add it, there are a few points to consider. 1. Downplay the investor aspect in this. Ever ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Investment Case Framework

Framework Investment Opportunity cost Synergies
Neueste Antwort am 16. Dez. 2023
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University of St.Gallen graduate | Learn to think like a Consultant | Personalized prep | CV review
Lorenzo
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1. Analysis of Revenue and Cost Synergies: Placement: Typically, the analysis of revenue and cost synergies would be a crucial part of the overall financial analysis in an investment scenario. This could be part of the d ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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NPV - ROI : can someone help me in understanding the difference in usage?

Investment NPV ROI calculation
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Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 9. Nov. 2018
OK, an answer on this could fill a book, but I'll do my best. NPV means, as you surely know, the Net Present Value of a series of Cash Flows (from an investment for example). That means that all cash flows resulti ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to structure a framework for investment cases? (go or no-go decision)

Framework Investment
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Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 27. März 2018
Hey anonymous, This framework seems quite interesting for approaching such problem, I would add two dimensions throughout your points: 1) include regulations and other barriers to entry/expansion 3) analysis on ke ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Preparing for 2nd Round with Kearney in SE Asia

2nd round ATKearney Charts Difficulty Final Round Investment market entry Market sizing Partner Interview quantitative
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Hi there, I've supported a number of candidates with Kearney in the US (and successfully interviewed there myself!). I also have the questions they asked my candidate 2 weeks ago. Feel free to reach out. Kearney is best ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Fixed costs depreciating factor

Investment ROI calculation
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Hi there, I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: Including a depreciating factor can be useful in certain situations where the fixed as ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How did you invest your salaries in the early years of your career?

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Hi there Frankly - I wish I thought about this early in my career like you are. So fantastic job on starting early and preparing for your future! For all others reading this post, it is great practice to start thinking ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Difficulty in understanding what accumulated profits mean in the context of this graph; case interview math

Bain Bain & Company BCG break-even break-even analysis Investment McKinsey McKinsey & Company quantitative analysis
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Hi there, Here’s my take on your question: What I did not understand: when we can already see that for Y2, increase in profits from year 1 is 2M, which is equal to the value of our investment; why are we calculating the ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Caculations / quant questions

Case Calculations Investment profitability quantitative ROI calculation
Neueste Antwort am 2. Okt. 2021
Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 29. Sept. 2021
Hi Rachel, Great question! Not sure if you are familiar with the GMAT, but the test has a quantitative section with questions that are quite similar to the quantitative questions in a Consulting Case Study.   I found ve ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Upfront/investment costs and fixed costs

Investment
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Hi there, Fixed costs occur every year (i.e. equipment maintenace/repair, equipment depreciation, factory maintenace/repair, rent, etc.). Upfront investment costs occur in the first year and are what it costs to setup ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to structure plant-option case?

Investment operations strategy Plant Structure
Neueste Antwort am 4. Dez. 2020
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Vlad
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Hi, Several areas to consider: Even before structuring the case, you should start with clarifying questions (1. quantifiable objective - what is exactly too high? Why is he thinking about closing? 2. Business mode ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Any similar platforms like this for PE/VC

consulting Investment Private Equity
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.. Sorry, non that I know of which such an active and well-built community like here! But you can find many forums dedicated to IB/PE/VC and also find people there offering coaching sessions on that - however not in s ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Is this ROI good or not for an average PE firm?

Finance Investment Private Equity
Neueste Antwort am 1. Mai 2020
Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 23. Apr. 2020
Hello, Just to give a ballpark figure, typical Buyout-focused PE firms target +20% IRR over a period of 5 years, implying a Multiple on Invested Capital (MoIC) of at least 3.0x. Notice that the profitability of the un ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Key Business Metric for Investment: ROE, ROI, or NPV?

Cases Finance Investment Practice cases
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Sidi
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Sidi
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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers
Hi! My answers in short: NPV is good if you want to compare this investment against other investments which have different time horizons ROI needs to be further defined: what can make sense here is to compare th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Long Term v. Short Term Investment | Retail and License

Finance Investment Retail
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Christian
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Ex-Roland Berger | Recruiter in 80+ Interviews | INSEAD Case Coach | Focus: in-case behaviors that persuade ANY interviewer
Hi Anonymous, thanks for your thoughts and the interesting, since very hypothetical and detailed question. I think the key concepts you are working towards here is a) opportunity cost of choosing this investment and ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Investment Comparison with different up-front costs (NPV-based)

Cases Finance Investment NPV profitability
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Hello, This is a very interesting question. Before taking a decision it's fundamental to ask interviewer some questions: What is the target of our client? It's more interested in an higher NPV or ROI? As you know, ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Not including invetment cost in Profit analysis !?

Investment profit
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Daniel gab die beste Antwort am 4. Juli 2019
Hi, strictly speaking, profits are the net earnings in a period as a result of doing business. In order for a company to do its business, it usually needs to invest upfront prior to conducting business, let's say before ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Is this a fair structure for the financial part of an investment related case?

Investment
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Anonym gab die beste Antwort am 15. Okt. 2018
Hi Anonymous, that's a good start. But it is somewhat incomplete and lacks precision especially around terminology. What is the key question you need to answer in an investment case? "Is this a good investment?" ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Where to include investment cost in structure

costs Investment
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Sidi
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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers
Sidi
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gab die beste Antwort am 8. Okt. 2018
McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers
I would never put investment together with operational costs! Simply because it's entirely different categories. The truth is, many candidates struggle to conceptually separate investments from fixed costs: Investme ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Case Interview Coaching vs Mock Interview

Case Case Interview case interview preparation Case Prep coaching Experienced expert expert coaching Investment MBB preplounge
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Die beste Antwort (am 4. Aug. 2018) ist von:
Vlad
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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School
Vlad
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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School
Hi, Completely agree with that. The mock interview is good in several cases: When you need to assess your current level and understand where you are standing. I've seen the candidates even with 100+ cases who didn ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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