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URGENT - Case Study interview for M&A Operation (Deloitte), Operations Due Diligence, ODD, Synergies, Carve out

Carve-Out Deals Deloitte Excel for consultants M&A Case operations cases Synergies

Most recent answer on Apr 13, 2024

Cenan

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Expert interview coach and mentor | Strategy&, PwC UK and Germany

Cenan

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Expert interview coach and mentor | Strategy&, PwC UK and Germany

Hey Cameron, I believe I can help you as I'm a Due Diligence consultant and left Strategy& Deals London only three weeks ago. Feel free to reach out.

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Seeking for advises

case partner M&A M&A Case Partner Interview

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Hagen

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#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hagen

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gave the best answer on Jan 17, 2023

#1 Bain coach | >95% success rate | interviewer for 8+ years | mentor and coach for 7+ years

Hi there, First of all, in order to jump-start your preparation, it is certainly a good idea to work with a coach! I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share ... (read entire answer)

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M&A Case Company Valuation

M&A Case Valuation

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Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Nov 15, 2022

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Hi there, Q: I was little stuck and unsure on the method to do so - e.g. DCF with y1r cash flow/WACC or alternative. Most likely you had to use DCF method in that case, as you would have needed more information to use t ... (read entire answer)

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How does an M&A investment decision case in consulting differ from a case someone working in PE would solve?

M&A Case

Most recent answer on Jun 09, 2022

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Jun 09, 2022

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

Hello! The difference is not in the decision making, but in the part of the processes that each group focuses on. I did a lot of M&A in McK: the consultants did the synergy calculation and strategy plans, and the PE ... (read entire answer)

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KPMG Case Inteviews - Strategy, M&A

Big Four - Strategy Corporate Strategy Deals Strategy IT Strategy KPMG M&A M&A Case

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Hi Jelena, KPMG generally has candidate-led cases. In terms of case complexity, you should always assume the worst/hardest. Please prepare yourself for a wide range of scenarios here! Read up on the following Q&As f ... (read entire answer)

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start from scratch, adquisition, Jv pros/cons

M&A Case market entry market size

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Asim

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Strategy& Engagement Manager | Grad & MBA Interviewer| Ex-Investment Banker | Financial Services expert

Asim

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Broadly agree, but there are some nuances 1. Capabilities - If you want to build new capabilities and you want ALL of the target's capabilities than Acquisition is preferable. If you want specific capabilities of the ... (read entire answer)

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EY-Parthenon Online Case Interview for Executive (IT) - Transaction Strategy & Execution

Case Interview Consulting interview E&Y M&A M&A Case

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Hi Pranet, I know exactly what you mean regarding the PwC case interview; when I interviewed for PwC's Tech practice, one of the "cases" was literally just 1 question on how I would setup a technical backlog! Frankl ... (read entire answer)

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Technical interview about M&A: WACC formula for a private company

M&A M&A Case Valuation

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Clara

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Clara

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Hello! I agree that this seems more complicated than what you are going to find in such interviews. What you need to know how to do is: NPVs, knowing the: r, disccount rate C, capital n, number of yea ... (read entire answer)

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Synergies in M&A

M&A M&A Case Synergies

Most recent answer on Apr 10, 2021

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This is case specific. You need to learn how to think about these cases on their own! Learn your industries, practice creative thinking, and apply this to your casing. There's no 1 answer here. https://www.preplounge. ... (read entire answer)

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M&A synergies

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Hi there, I would not list all the synergies in the initial structure – that would indeed take too much time. What I would recommend is to: Present the synergies with an initial level (eg “In terms of synergies, ... (read entire answer)

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M&A Share prices

Big Four - Strategy M&A Case

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Hi Kari, I replied below. 1. What will happen to the shares and their price . If you mean the price of the target: normally acquisitions are done at a premium compared to the market rate to take into account the ... (read entire answer)

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Assessing fair price

M&A Case

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Sidi

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Sidi

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gave the best answer on Mar 02, 2020

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Hi! In PE cases, the current price is only of secondary importance! The only thing that really matters is whether you believe that you can resell the company after a couple of years at a price that exceeds the current ... (read entire answer)

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Basic Tips and Formulas for Financial Question

financial analysis M&A Case Net Present Value

Most recent answer on Apr 30, 2020

Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 30, 2020

Hi! Given your background in engineering, it is unlikely the interiewer would grill you on very techincal M&A or investment questions. That said, do prepare for basic business and finance knowlege. Read the cou ... (read entire answer)

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Experienced hire - M&A Cases

M&A M&A Case

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Vlad

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Vlad

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Hi, It depends on which company you are talking about. M&A Advisory interviews are different from consulting and are usually much more technical and detailed in the financial part. Usually, they give you much more ... (read entire answer)

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How to layout M&A risk in the initial structure?

Bain M&A M&A Case McKinsey

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 15, 2018

Ok, all of these are similar and related. But there are some nuances... First: JV does not necessarily mean M&A - so some risks pertaining to M&A (getting to that later) will not apply to JVs M&A risks I ... (read entire answer)

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How detailed should the initial structure be for broader cases like M&A, PE, Market Entry?

Case Interview case structure Experts M&A M&A Case market entry Private Equity

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Sidi

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Sidi

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gave the best answer on Jul 10, 2018

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi! You are right - such a laundry list of buckets to look into feels (and actually is!) completely arbitrary. A structure to approach a case should be rooted in the actual question that you need to address. From th ... (read entire answer)

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Which part should I focus in a M&A case?

Case Interview M&A Case

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Vlad

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Vlad

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gave the best answer on Nov 06, 2017

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, In consulting interviews you may have two types of due diligence cases: Commercial due-diligence of the target company Synergies calculation of two merging companies There are two ways to identify the exa ... (read entire answer)

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Looking for Mergers and Acquisition Cases- Interviewer led/ McKinsey Style

Case Framework M&A M&A Case McKinsey Mergers&Acquisitions Practice cases prep

Recent activity on Sep 27, 2017

Jacopo

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Jacopo

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gave the best answer on Dec 07, 2017

Project leader BCG, Bain and A.T. Kearney / 200+ real interviews

Hi Alic, Have you already checked the M&A cases available on Preplounge? If you haven’t yet you will find them under ‘Resources’, ’Case Library’ and then filter the Topic ‘Mergers & Acquisition’. Also, you m ... (read entire answer)

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