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Business math cases

balance sheet income statement Math problem Valuation

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Cristian

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Aviv, Great to see that you're targeted in terms of practicing your business maths. Honestly, you don't need ‘Income Statement, Balance sheet, Valuation (Both Comparables and DCF).’ for consulting interviews. Unless yo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Seeking Guidance to Strengthen Understanding of Accounting Concepts

accounting Math problem qualitative analysis

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Cristian

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You don't need a granular understanding of accounting concepts to pass consulting interviews (assuming that's your target). Actually, I put together all the terms you need to know in this article (based on all the inte ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Use of calculator and Framework

Math problem Structure

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1. Structuring should get better as you do more cases and know about more industries. However, it will only become good if you “know what good looks like”. Unfortunately a lot of candidates don't, and without that it is ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Bombed two cases (case math), any tips on how to improve?

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Hagen

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Hagen

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Hi there, First of all, it’s great to see your level of motivation despite the two rejections! I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: I ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Timing for math portion of case

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Cristian

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You're not going to like the answer :) There is no set time. The interview is a conversation. What matters is not going at a certain speed through it. There is nothing that needs to be ‘finished’. You don't need to ‘cr ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Stuck at Math/Quantitative and What to Calculate in Consulting Cases

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Hi Anonymous, From what you described, it seems like you are having issues to determine the central question you are solving for. If you agree, a best practice is to clarify the question / issue with the interviewer ea ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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BahnCard 25 / 50 / 100 Question

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Hello! Precisely for the high amount of questions (1) asked by my coachees and students and (2) present in this Q&A, I created the “Math & Formulas - Economic and Financial concepts for MBB interviews”, recently ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Break Even Questions

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Hi there, Q: How much price we would need to put to break even, and/or how many years we would need. Any general guidelines to solving these? I believe that with the number of years you mean the payback period, that is, ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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contribution margin math question

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You are having trouble because this prompt is confusing.You don't need to know the original price (in the initial situation you were already capturing that contribution margin). What you need is the additional contribut ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey Sample Case - Logic Question...

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Hi there, Let me chime in here. First, try to think of this problem in terms of the expected value of the candidate drug: Expected Value = Likelihood of success * Present Value (in case of success) Second, with ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Resources / approaches to improve "case math"?

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Hello, Looks like you've gotten some great advice on systems and breakdowns on how to improve case math, so here's my additional two cents: First, remember that practice makes perfect! If you are at the initial stages o ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Casebook with the best Math Part

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Which consulting casebook has the best math/quantitative section in your opinion? I wanna do some focused math prepping by only doing the math part in a casebook.

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I tanked some math, how bad is the damage?

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Benjamin

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Hi there, I've been there before on both sides of the table. Nerves and stress affect us in complex ways and this can happen. I passed interviews I thought I had failed because of math reasons, and I failed interviews ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Estimate number of suit tailor shops (NYC)- Market Sizing

BCG Case Interview BCG McKinsey and Bain Framework Market sizing Math problem McKinsey & Company numerical

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Hi there, You'll learn a lot more from this by trying it out yourself first! Why don't you post your approach here and we can provide commentary? How to approach market sizing It's very simple: Do the approach the is th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Any source for math problems cases

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Hi there, How to structure math in a case Have a seperate "math" scrap sheet of paper Grab a new sheet of paper every time you're entering a new phase of the case...number and title it Use tables to organize numbers Wri ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Need help with a math question

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Hi there, Q: A software company gets 40 new customers per month, and also loses 40 old customers. On average each customer stays for 3 years. How many customers does this software company have? You can check what would ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Help with a mental math question

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Cristian

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Hi there, The trick is to break down each number into common denominators: 80 / 9,040 = 8 * 10 / 904 * 10 = 8 / 904 = 2 * 4 / 2 * 452 = 4 / 452 = 2 * 2 / 2 * 226 = 2 / 226 Then you have to make the actual division = 0 ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Easy way to solve 7M/1.9K

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Hi there, Q: If you were asked to solve 7M/1.9K, what tricks/shortcuts would you use to find a roughly accurate answer? If you need a “roughly” accurate, you should be able to approximate. I would clarify with the inter ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Help with a simple business math question

Math problem

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Hagen

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Hagen

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gab die beste Antwort am 21. Feb. 2023

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Hi Joël, I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: This is indeed a rather simple math question. Given profit margin is the ratio of profit to sales, if profit increases by 15% and sales decrease by 25%, the future p ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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a math question!

Math problem

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Hagen

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Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: Based on the information provided, the math in this case study seems to be wrong. If all the percentages are related to revenues, profits would be $20 and $30, resp ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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