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Practice exhibit reading

Exhibit

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Adi

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Have a look at this thread for tons of advice on the same topic: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/charts-and-graphs-interpretation-8334

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Key insights from Graphs

Exhibit Final Round Math problem strategy&

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Moritz

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Moritz

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gave the best answer on Jan 30, 2023

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Hi there, This is a very common challenge. The 'trick' is to proactively look for opportunities to show specific skills, i.e. quant and conceptual skills. For graphs, I generally recommend the following: 1st step: You s ... (read entire answer)

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Total Market vs Total Addressable Market

Exhibit Guessestimation Market sizing

Most recent answer on Dec 05, 2022

Anonymous gave the best answer on Dec 03, 2022

As I was preparing/presenting pitch decks to the investors for our startup, there were only 3 terms about the market size: 1- TAM (Total Addressable Market): The maximum size for an opportunity 2- SAM (Serviceable Addre ... (read entire answer)

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Common Math Traps

Exhibit Math problem

Most recent answer on Dec 01, 2022

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Hi there, There are probably an infinite number! Instead of trying to memorize all the traps, make sure you're trained yourself in just taking the right steps for math: Figure out what you want to calculate….and why (ho ... (read entire answer)

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Exhibit Data

Exhibit full-time PROCESSING TIME

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gave the best answer on Nov 04, 2021

1. I would say the only thing you need to clarify is the objective 2. Then yes, take your time to go through the exhibit and again ask questions if something is not clear to you. 3. You have this one backwards. You focu ... (read entire answer)

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Exhibits- mentioning why? MBB

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Ken

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Ken

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Definitely the former where they are testing your hypothesis-based conceptual thinking.

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Exhibit reading advice

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Hi there, You're exactly right! You don't impress anyone by pointing out differences in numbers. You do impress however if you say the so what. You should only ever be stating things if it helped you to answer the q ... (read entire answer)

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Write down exhibit insights?

Exhibit

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Francesco

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Hi there, Answering your questions: When I take a moment to analyze the exhibit, is it good practice to write down insights before verbalizing them? Or should I just be "mentally storing" them and then verbalizing ... (read entire answer)

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Exhibit interpretation approach

chart Exhibit Interview

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Hi there, The second method is better but not perfect. This is what I would suggest: 1. Read the graph Ask for one minute of time to understand the graph Summarize what the graph is about. Read in particular t ... (read entire answer)

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