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Calculate gross margin using revenue breakdown

business case case question

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Clara

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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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OC&C Questions for 2024 Associate Consultant

Applied case question OC&C Online Tests UK

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Cristian

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Cristian

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Hi there! I've recently helped a few candidates with these sorts of written answers. It seems like more and more firms are trialling this format as part of their screening process. Basically, try to keep your opinions ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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application question

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Hi there, In every point that you make about the imapct you would bring, you need to provide evidence! As in, always make sure to tie in why they should believe you'll bring that impact. List out skills/knowledge, roles ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Professional achievement

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Hi there, Q: I am a current PhD student and my example is from an extracurricular activity I have done as a student representative. Would this be fine to use as a professional example? It depends on what exactly they me ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How many people can visit the best 1,000 tourist spots in their lifetime?

case question Guessestimation unusual case

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Hello, A very interesting estimation question indeed. Couple of thoughts from an interviewer's POV You are right in that there are many variables and potential nuances in trying to size a question like this As an inter ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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What is your Answer?

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Hi there, I'd suggest you provide the full prompt as well as your own suggested answer. You're likely to get more out it this way. Best, Cristian

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Market sizing questions

case question Interviewer Market sizing

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When you finish your market sizing you should: 1. Check if the result makes sense. More important than not making calculation mistakes is the ability to sense if a number “feels” right or wrong. It can “feel” wrong eith ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Case/Framework Feedback

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I want to highlight something to Maikol's answer (and I agree… that sounds too much like case in point). If you notice carefully, you will see that you could state it as (I'm adjusting a bit for my personal taste): a% c ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Maxicure (Darden 2018)

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Yes, the formula doesn't work if volumes are below 20M however you have to notice that……in the in-house option, the initial investment is $50M, meaning that you need to sell 20M bottles with $2.5 margin to make any mone ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Question regarding quant part of a case

case question quantitative

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Hi there, Since the margin is exactly 50% of the cost, it seems as though cost based pricing was applied. That's when all cost is added up together with the desired margin (in this case 50%) and pricing is then done in ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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<question> If profit is decreasing at a faster rate than sales,

Case Interview case question casing consulting MBB

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If profit is decreasing faster than sales, it means that as the sales declines, profits decline at a greater rate. What this means is that your revenues are declining but your costs are not declining in line with the re ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Chart and Graph Reading

Case Case Interview case question Charts Charts reading exhibits Graph MBB McKinsey Table

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A little late for this question, but thought I give it a shot, since I use charts in my cases often. What's the biggest mistake I see? Looking for patterns in values. To give an example: Let's say, I show a simple bar ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How many clarifying questions are appropriate and when should they be asked?

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Hi Anonymous! You touch on an important point here. Many candidates don't understand what distinguishes the clarifying questions at the start from later analysis-related questions (asking for market data. financials, ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Case Challenge: Pharmaceutical Company, R&D Pipeline Value, Successful Rate

break-even analysis case question McKinsey pharma and health care cases

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Hello Jing, This is a nice example of how you can use the "Expected value" theory. Let me try to clarify the solution: The value of a successfull candidate drug is 1.2 B$ What is the expected value of a drug s ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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I have a case study interview with Baringa Partners. Grateful for tips on best materials to support my prep.

Baringa Partners Case Interview case question experience Final Round

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Clara

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Hello there! Although I don´t have experience with this particular one, you don´t need it in order to see what you will be asked and how to prep: 20 minutes CV interview > this is purely FIT 20 minutes compe ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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. A Los Angeles-based, medium-sized project management consulting firm was awarded a large project by a private client t

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Case Analysis Instruction: Analyze the following case and answer the questions that follow it. A Los Angeles-based, medium-sized project management consulting firm was awarded a large project by a private client th ... (ganze Frage lesen)

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What key areas/factors to look at if Average Spend per Customer went down (Profitability Case)?

case question Structure

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Daniel

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Hi! Here is an example: Internal Quality of product: Did smth change in manufacturing process, which made the product worse? Did raw materials change? Did we change the supplier? Did we have a personnel chan ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Can't we directly divide the total store sales with average expense per person to determine the number of customers ?

Case Calculations case question Mergers&Acquisitions SuperBurger

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Hello Ravi, You are right, you can obtain the same result using your way. You will find a different number just because in the case resolution the intermediate results are rounded. Hope it helps, Luca

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Guestimate: How would you estimate the number of commercial properties in a given city?

brainstorming questions case question estimate estimation estimation market sizing guess-estimates market estimation Market sizing

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I would use the population although it will be very sensitive to many assumptions. It looks very difficult to make meaningful assumptions in terms of land size. Cheers Serhat

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How to calculate volume after merge from a Price Index - Volume Share chart

business case case question

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1. We can calculate Revenue per kg for F$P blue and green ( they are 100% price index with avg. market price 2.49, wich means 2.49 per kg. ). (won't consider red for simplicity ) 2. We can calulate their total volume, d ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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