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on May 03, 2022

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Not a Beginner Case

We had a hard time to follow the course of the Case and don't think that this is necessarily a beginner case - just a comment not a question :)

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Clara

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on May 04, 2022

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello Gloria!

Which parts of it you found more challenging?

After years coaching candidates with really different backgrounds, I have realized -to my surprise- that different people struggle with different things, and it´s harder than you imagine to rate cases as “beginner” or “advanced”.

Cheers,

Clara

Ian

Coach

on May 04, 2022

Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi Gloria,

I appreciate the input! (As I'm sure Preplounge does too).

However, this case is definitely beginner. It's a very straighforward (linear) case, not touching on complicated topics, and with simple charts/graphs/math.

In my view it is categorized correctly…make sure you continue your case prep as it gets much harder than this!

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Deleted user

on May 04, 2022

Thanks, Ian.
I only did intermediary and hard cases before but here I got lost :P

Ian

Coach

on May 05, 2022

Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Ah! That's totally fair! Sometimes we just get tripped up :) Some cases are easier/harder for different people!
Also, sometimes cases aren't quite as linear/logical as we might expect! Thanks for your input btw!