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Best to prepare math- and visual- heavy cases

case interview preparation Graph graph heavy case Table
Most recent answer on Sep 30, 2021
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Always take a little bit of time to figure out what you are looking at, then follow a repeatable structure that you can learn and apply everytime. The one I use is: 1. What am I looking at? Explain what the exhibit ta ... (read entire answer)
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Percentage change?

Graph Math problem
Most recent answer on Apr 15, 2021
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Hi Floyd, Henning is absolutely right here. We cannot say for certainty unless we know the absolute spend. The % of total spend decreased by 10.9%...and it also decreased by 1.8 percentage points. If you'd like mo ... (read entire answer)
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Best material for PST and GMAT integrated reasoning section. Focus Graphs.

GMAT MathSkills IB Graph PST
Most recent answer on Aug 31, 2020
Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 26, 2019
Hi there, I can share some useful materials with you for free. Please feel free to reach me. Best Serhat
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Any help/resources for someone interviewing with MBB for complex graph analysis resource examples?

Graph MBB
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Hi there, This is what I suggest to read graphs: 1. Read the graph Ask for one minute of time to understand the graph Summarize what the graph is about. Read in particular the graph title (often forgotten) ... (read entire answer)
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Is the priming method recommended for graph and table questions?

Graph Table
Most recent answer on Aug 15, 2020
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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews
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Patrick - let me take another crack at your question since you added more details. Updated question: "Within the context of a written exam which involves table and graph interpretation, should candidates read the ques ... (read entire answer)
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Chart and Graph Reading

Case Case Interview case question Charts Charts reading exhibits Graph MBB McKinsey Table
Most recent answer on Aug 14, 2020
Anonymous gave the best answer on Jul 19, 2016
A little late for this question, but thought I give it a shot, since I use charts in my cases often. What's the biggest mistake I see? Looking for patterns in values. To give an example: Let's say, I show a simple bar ... (read entire answer)
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How to improve data interpretation skills for analysing the graphs perfectly . Any material which I can practise from ?

Data Analysis Graph Practise
Most recent answer on Jul 18, 2020
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Hi Anonymous, For general advice how to improve graph reading, the GMAT chapter for integrated reasoning is a good ressource (I believe it was added 2012 or 2013 to the GMAT, so you can take any GMAT ressource after t ... (read entire answer)
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Graphs resources

Graph
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Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 20, 2019
Hi there, I can share some of them with you. Feel free to reach me. Best Serhat
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