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Hi Anonymous,

First of all, I am sorry to hear you didn't get to the second round.

To answer your question about your second point: you are given one possible example of how you can build more depth in your structure. It really depends on the actual question and the case context to understand what the right structure should be. Other things you could look at are 'different types of variable cost (e.g. labor, raw materials, ...), different types of fixed cost (e.g. initial investment, maintenance, ... ), just to name a few.

Getting better at this, requires futher practicing and further casing,... No magic trick here, other than getting more experience and seeing more examples. So I would recommend to keep on doing case interviews (with other people) and focusing especifically on further developing your case structure.

Cheers,

Pascal

Sorry to hear about the rejection. It is good that you are looking to learn from your experience to apply it to other interviews

Going deeper here like Pascal suggested would be coming up with more examples of what goes under each bucket (e.g., Volume based discounts, fixed prices, prices for preferred retailers etc.)

All the best,

Udayan

Hi,

Several ideas here:

1. Literally add the next layer (e.g. examples of costs)
2. Revenue is not always about price and volume (think of a retail store)
3. Your structure is not just the initial structure, but structuring through the whole case. Maybe you just forgot to structure it further in order to find a root cause? Every step that you take to drill deeper should have a structure

Best

It is important to be structured throughout the case, esp. during brainstorming as well. I think your initial structure needs to be tailored to the case, using the relevant terms/metrics focused on that industry e.g. price per unit in FMCG or subscription fee in SaaS industry etc.

More important is structured brainstorming, which is what a lot of coaches here will help you with (pick anyone!). At every step of the case, you're being judged for how structured you are, while also looking at the quality of your ideas. Practice a lot more of structured brainstorming - that is a big differentiator for candidates.

Hello!

Sorry to hear about that.

One thing that is clearly missing in that structure are factors that go beyond the economic analysis (e.g., political and social factors, risks) Going beyond the classics is what makes the difference, particularly in rather simple cases like this one.

Cheers!