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ME first round market sizing case

1st round Bain & Company Market sizing MBB Middle East
Neueste Antwort am 7. März 2024
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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, 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? Hint: This is a bottom-up market sizing (think about how much you could m ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Bain Round 1 interview

1st round Bain & Company
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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
It depends on so many factors. Could you have passed? Yup Did you not pass? Also possible (generally, this is more likely all things equal) Generally you need to do well across the interview and have a strong overall pr ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Request for cases that focus on operations for energy and natural resources companies

1st round MBB
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Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer
Hi there, You made an interesting observation: ops cases are indeed somehow underrepresented. I do have an energy ops case based on actual project experience. Happy to help out; please DM. Best, Gero
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Kearney - 1st round case interview (Italy)

1st round A.T. Kearney AT Kearney AT. Kearney ATKearney Case Interview
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the invitation from Kearney! I would be happy to share my thoughts on your question: First of all, it's crucial to understand Kearney's focus areas as well as to know about Ita ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Invited for lateral interview in 2 days

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Hi there, Q: Invited for a lateral interview in 2 days. It's been two years since I've practiced case interviews in undergrad. Looking for advice / videos / content to bring me up to speed. If you don’t feel ready I wou ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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BCG R1 interview decision

1st round BCG Case Interview
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the progress in the application process with BCG thus far! I would be happy to share my thoughts on your question: First of all, it's common in consulting firms for the intervi ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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My friend sent me this,is this true?what about e&y,KPMG,PWC, Accenture and strategy?

1st round Bain BCG case partners Mck needed partner
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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut
Hello! TBH, it is very hard for me to believe this ever happened in MBB -or, also, that this is the whole story-. Interviewers are trained, coached, shadowed... all to get the people ready to be good, fair and valu ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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BCG Pymetrics Games: How to Prepare?

1st round Bain Bain & Company BCG bcgtest Boston Consulting Group consulting needed Online Assessment partner pymetrics test The Boston Consulting Group
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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'll let others comment regarding the test format itself, however here are my thoughts on preparing for it, as well as a couple of other helpful Q&As. ============================================= In ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Bain & Company SEA 1st round – haven't heard back in a month

1st round Bain & Company MBB Online Assessment
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Hi there,  Sorry to hear you haven't yet received an answer. I know this period can be very stressful.  If you haven't received an answer in 4 weeks it doesn't necessarily mean you were rejected, but it's not a great si ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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First round at mckinsey

1st round McKinsey & Company
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
Hi there, Since the pandemic and virtual interviews, they are most often not b2b (unlike before), sometimes scheduled on the same day with some space in between, and sometimes spread over multiple days. I have also seen ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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1st round interview no response?

1st round
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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
There are quite a few people who are reporting similar things - don’t read anything into it. It’s the summer, people are on holiday and I think that the firms are being slow in a number of cases to get back to candidate ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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What is the bar to pass to the next interview round?

1st round internship MBB
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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /6 years McKinsey recruiting experience
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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /6 years McKinsey recruiting experience
The reality is that you are competing for a job in one of the toughest firms to get into. It is harder to get a job at MBB than it is to get into any university in the world. Your peers are as talented as you and some m ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Help for the 1st Mckinsey's round interviews

1st round 1st round interview 1stround acceleration of preparation Interview McKinsey McKinsey & Company mckinsey 1st round interview
Neueste Antwort am 12. Feb. 2022
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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, Congrats on passing the first round - now the hard part! Feedback, advise, material, etc. is exactly what us coaches are here for! Feel free to reach out to me and I'll be happy to work with you.
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McKinsey final round london BA

1st round
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
Hagen
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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years
Hi there, First of all, congratulations on passing the first interview round at McKinsey! This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I am happy to provide my perspecti ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Q: In Sweden 85% of all cars are gas cars, and 15% are electric cars. The amount of newcars sold each year are 50% gas cars and 50% electric cars. How long does it take for the Swedish market to be 80% electric cars?

1st round BCG Case Interview
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Anonym B gab die beste Antwort am 30. Sept. 2021
Hi Marie,  If 50% of new cars sold each year are electric and 50% are gas cars, then you'll never be able to reach a total of 80% electric cars. To achieve 80% you'd need to have a market where more electric cars are so ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Vendor selection case study

1st round
Neueste Antwort am 12. Aug. 2021
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Sofia
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Top-Ranked Coach on PrepLounge for 3 years| McKinsey San Francisco | Harvard graduate | 6+ years of coaching
Sofia
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Top-Ranked Coach on PrepLounge for 3 years| McKinsey San Francisco | Harvard graduate | 6+ years of coaching
Hi Alex, This seems like a very general set-up, and the solution to the case would depend a lot on the specific detail. In general, try thinking about the client in this case, and what vendor they would prefer in light ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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MBA vs non-MBA experienced hire

1st round
Neueste Antwort am 11. Juli 2021
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Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience
Adi
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Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience
Expectations are higher for MBA but evaluation critera are same & standard across.
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Faster solving cases

1st round 1stround 2nd Round 2ndround McKinsey
Neueste Antwort am 30. Juni 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, It's always good to have a bit of text with your question to help us make our advice more tailored! That said, I'll run with this as "how can I solve cases faster". Here are my main tips: Learn how to se ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Reschedule McKinsey interview one day before the interview

1st round 1st round interview McKinsey
Neueste Antwort am 24. Juni 2021
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
Florian
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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets
Hey there, This is usually possible. Every McKinsey office handles this a bit differently, however. I can tell you from the DACH region that it is no problem at all and happens quite frequently because candidates ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Bain written case

1st round analytical test Bain Bain & Company BAIN test bainmoscow Case GMAT LEK materials math test MBB needed partner prep second round written case writtencase
Neueste Antwort am 1. März 2021
Die beste Antwort (am 31. Jan. 2017) ist von:
Ignacio
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MIT MBA | Bain & Co | Ex-Google | 4+ year coaching experience
Ignacio
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MIT MBA | Bain & Co | Ex-Google | 4+ year coaching experience
My top tips for the written case are: The trick to written cases is to have a filtering system to find the data you need from the worthless data, and of course, recognising that not all the data is useful. Written c ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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