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How to structure this weird case?

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers
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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Strategies to move from intermediate to advanced level?

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Senior Consultant and All-star Interviewer at OW | Ex-S& | 5+ years in the Middle East |300+ Interviews | INSEAD MBA
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Senior Consultant and All-star Interviewer at OW | Ex-S& | 5+ years in the Middle East |300+ Interviews | INSEAD MBA
Hello there,To improve your casing abilities, gradually introduce harder cases to your practice, focus on fundamental concepts, and learn from your mistakes. To maintain consistency and avoid bad days, maintain a positi ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to avoid *Too-Generic* Feedback?

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Hi there, It sounds like you need to learn how to truly framework! It sounds like you have memorized a bunch of canned frameworks from casebooks but you have not learned how to solve any question/problem in an objective ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Structuring for McKinsey style cases

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Hello Parnita, Yes indeed, structuring all your answers is really important - not just the initial structuring that you do in the case, but everything that you speak during the interview. The best way to tackle brainsto ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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2 Questions about Case interview

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Ex McKinsey EM & interviewer (5 yrs) USA & UK| Coached / interviewed 300 +|Free 15 min intro| Stanford MBA|Non-trad
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Ex McKinsey EM & interviewer (5 yrs) USA & UK| Coached / interviewed 300 +|Free 15 min intro| Stanford MBA|Non-trad
These are great questions! A few thoughts: 1. I don't recommend learning frameworks, but I do recommend learning a series of ‘buckets’ that you can scan through in your head when you're setting up your initial structure ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Case Interview Prep Turnaround & Restructuring Department

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I have worked for AlixPartners, which is the most known company in Turnaround and Restructuring. If you want to prepare for interviews, just schedule a slot with me.The key point to understand is the insolvency law in y ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Value Chain Cases for Orphoz McKinsey

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
Hello! Congrats on the interview. Agree with Allen here: most cases will be the "usual" ones. Some advise on those: 1. Practice cases with partners asap, as many as you can do.Find experienced partners who can p ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Casecoach vs Crafting cases?

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, Let me give you a real answer :) Best for building up (from beginner to intermediate): Case Coach Best for frameworking/structuring: Crafting Cases Best for case partners + Q&A: Preplounge Best to move fro ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Kearney Slovenia office

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, The internet is vast but the odds are extremely low you will find someone here who specifically interviewed with Kearney in Slovenia in the past few months. 1.  The office in general (number of ppl, markets th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Case Interview Nerves / Getting stuck

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Former BCG Con and political advisor here to help you crack the case (MBB, Europe & MidEast, non-business backgrounds)
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Former BCG Con and political advisor here to help you crack the case (MBB, Europe & MidEast, non-business backgrounds)
Hi Anonymous,   You are raising a great point here.   Honestly, as an interviewer, a thirty seconds break wouldn’t put me off. However, I strongly encourage you to articulate your thoughts so that I, as the interviewer, ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Next step after Imbellus/Solve Assessment...

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Hi Sindiso, 1) Does anyone know/have any information with regards to, what does the game assess  You will have to solve two games. Since the launch of the Solve game, McKinsey has used 5 games. The most common nowadays ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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3 days to prepare- what to focus on?

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BCG Dubai Project Leader | Learn to think like a Consultant | Free personalised prep plan | 6+ years in Consulting
A very Tom Cruise situation. Without knowing more details about you and without speaking to you - it would be very difficult to suggest a customized study plan. However, lets break it down at a general level: First, get ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Tell interviewer about reapplication

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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
Hey there, There is no benefit in saying it, especially since the person will remember you anyway. Just treat it like a first interview and don't let the past experience influence your performance negatively. Chee ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Case interview preparation - podcast

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Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, I actually think this is a great idea - you're maximing the time you can! I'd highly recommend the Prof G Show. If you can get past the bavado of Scott Gallaway, he talks a lot about market dynamics/strate ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Interviewer-led case or interviewee-lead case

caseinterview
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
Hey there, Usually, it is very clear from the firm you are applying to what interview format will be used. If we are talking MBB, McKinsey is interviewer-led, BCG/Bain are candidate-led. There are significant diff ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Interview with Strategy& (Previously Booz&Co) in the Middle East

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Neueste Antwort am 24. Mai 2021
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the other 2 offers - you're doing something right! Now, I've coached a number of people in Strategy& (and interviewed there myself), but, honestly, this game isn't wort ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Are the Capital One case interviews Interviewer led or Candidate led? What are they primary going to test for?

Candidate-led or Interviewer-led? capitalone caseinterview
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Case Interview - Deloitte Switzerland Forensic Technology / Financial Crime

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
Hello! Sorry, what do you mean with forensic topics? Not sure if it´s a language misunderstanding, but never heard :)
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Should I keep at it?

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Ian
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, There are a few aspects here: 1) Are you capable? My answer here is it appears to be a firm "Yes". If you only had a few weeks to prepare and did as well as you did, you clearly are intellectually able to ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey Imbellus Test

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Hi there, Thanks for you kind words on the prep material ;) In terms of your questions: the tutorial is not part of the assessment, thus it won’t impact your score. In case you have any other questions, please fee ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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