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Estimate the sales in volume of instant coffee in UK for the next 4 years

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Most recent answer on Mar 13, 2023

Angelo

Angelo gave the best answer on Sep 16, 2018

Hi, I think that the correlation to GDP is a good point but it is not the only factor. Try to develop the problem by using more Marketing notions (customer segments, competition, trends for each factor etc.).

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How many people can visit the best 1,000 tourist spots in their lifetime?

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Most recent answer on Feb 14, 2023

Benjamin

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gave the best answer on Feb 04, 2023

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Hello, A very interesting estimation question indeed. Couple of thoughts from an interviewer's POV You are right in that there are many variables and potential nuances in trying to size a question like this As an inter ... (read entire answer)

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Total Market vs Total Addressable Market

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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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Estimating commercial side of market

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Most recent answer on Nov 28, 2022

Anonymous gave the best answer on Nov 28, 2022

Hi Well, to answer the first part of your question - never ignore the segment if it is one of the drivers for the market sizing. Make sure you highlight it as part of your initial structure and clarify with the intervi ... (read entire answer)

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Market Estimation

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gave the best answer on Sep 22, 2022

Hi there, You'll learn a lot more from this by trying it out yourself first! Why don't you post your approach here and we can provide commentary? How to approach market sizing It's very simple: Do the approach the is th ... (read entire answer)

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Market Sizing - Guess the number of rats sold in the US?

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Most recent answer on Dec 31, 2021

Dennis

Dennis gave the best answer on Oct 18, 2018

This seems like an interesting one as you could actually make the discussion quite extensive. So this is how I would go about it (if this does not make sense I'd gladly be corrected): At the moment I can see four diff ... (read entire answer)

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What's the size of the PS5 market?

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Hi there, Totally wrong approach! (Sorry) What's the point of estimating users of PS3/4? You're going a very veyr indirect route (unless you happen to already know this number) For this case, I would break down wo ... (read entire answer)

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Moltiplications/divisions with 6+ digits numbers, estimation math_Tricks

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Francesco

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Hi Anonymous, in general, the main issues with big numbers is forgetting zeros during operations. Potential tips to deal with big numbers are the following: Use correctly 10^ powers in your math computation. For e ... (read entire answer)

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"At any given moment" - How to get there?

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Anonymous A gave the best answer on Nov 12, 2020

Those questions are nothing more than standard market sizing questions. The reasoning that you need to use is similar to the one you'll use to estimate a market size. For example to determine how many new-yorkers are w ... (read entire answer)

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Estimate the cost of storing google photos on the photos app?

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Axel

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Hi PK, Your approach makes sense but you are not considering one important driver of required storage which would be the number of photos that are being deleted on a daily basis. It may not make a huge difference but ... (read entire answer)

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What are the major categories of guess-estimation questions

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Jul 09, 2018

Hi there! I always found that the estimation questions that I faced in interviews were intentionally more abstract than the formulaic "How many _____ are bought in ______ each year?" problems you tend to find online. ... (read entire answer)

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