Hi Caren, Many thanks for your question. Part of my motivation for joining E.ON Inhouse Consulting was, that I wanted to work in the challenging and fast-paced environment of top management str... (more)
Any reviews on " The consulting interview bible " book? Is it worth buying? And can you mention any... (more)
Dear ECON. I would like to know more about the cases that you typically use for your case intervi... (more)
Regular customers would be those customers who shop in a fixed cycle - basis i.e daily/weekly/monthly. A supermarket offers a wide variety of food and household products, hence a very diverse grou... (more)
Hi, First of all - not all issue trees can and should be MESE. Very often it's not the case. Secondly - there is a number of ways how you can approach in a MESE way: If your structure work... (more)
Hi, Indeed in many cases, the interviewer will interrupt you and ask for the recommendations. It does not necessarily mean something bad. Consultants want to save the time for your questions... (more)
Hi, The major mistake of the candidates is that they start using the hypothesis and neglect having a proper structure. Moreover, if you perfectly solve the case without ever stating a hypothesis -... (more)
Hi Kay, this is indeed one of the fundamental things that you need to learn in order to rigorously disaggregate the value drivers of a business. The driver tree allows you to identify the numerical d... (more)
Hi Anonymous, typically, there are two types of door openers, when it comes to getting into strategy consulting: Relevant experience in multiple well-known companies in strategy-related posit... (more)
Hi, Assume an average number of times a person gets into the hospital per lifetime (N) The number of people that gets into hospitals per year = population x N / average lifetime (80 years) A... (more)
Hi, Depending on the part of the case I usually say: Can I take 30 sec / a minute to structure my thoughts / analyze the numbers, etc? In terms of the use cases: Always take: 1-2 min fo... (more)
Hi, Something that helped my candidates - download ALL casebooks available online and go through the math problems in the cases. They will give a good sense of required business terminology. Then y... (more)
Hi! Thanks for your question, indeed a very interesting one. My most interesting consulting project (I hope this is what you're referring to as "case") was a 4-months long strategy projet in the E-Mo... (more)
Hi, It has no difference with the final round McKinsey interviews in any other country. In the final round, I would expect a bit more structured and demanding approach to the fit part. The partn... (more)
Hi, I suggest the following: Do one full case from the mck website in 60 min. Check your score. Target score is 22 out of 26 correct. If you do 17-18 correct you have great chances to improve it... (more)
Hi Anonymous, cost based pricing relies on having a reference regarding the margin that you add to the production cost of your good or service. Such a reference margin does only exist if you are deal... (more)
Hi, Just my two cents on this. Michael Porter's Competitive Strategy is a good textbook (still very valuable today) for MBAs or for your general interest / knowledge. I think you can gain muc... (more)
Hi, Bringing than one more supplier is indeed more than necesseray but can be challenging for the client : - He will need to esablish clear specifications : depending on his business this is somethi... (more)
