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Overlapping applications - McKinsey

business model internship McKinsey

Most recent answer on Jan 05, 2024

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 04, 2024

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

Hi there, First of all, congratulations on the progress in the application processes with McKinsey thus far! I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation: First of all, McKinsey will most likely evaluate each ... (read entire answer)

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difference between payback period and breakeven calculations

business model

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Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Oct 25, 2021

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Hi there, The payback period refers to the time needed to recover an investment. The breakeven point refers to the situation where total revenues are equal to total costs. The question is normally related to the quanti ... (read entire answer)

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Business modelling courses / online resources

business model

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Hani

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Hani

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gave the best answer on Aug 15, 2023

Associate and All-star Interviewer at OW | Ex-S& | 5+ years in the Middle East |300+ Interviews | INSEAD MBA

Hello there, I understand your desire to enhance your business modeling skills for consulting, and I'd be happy to share my thoughts. From my perspective, while online courses can certainly provide structured learning, ... (read entire answer)

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ROI Model

business model pricing strategy

Most recent answer on Dec 05, 2021

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 Dec 02, 2021

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

Hi Patrick, This is indeed an interesting question, so I am happy to provide my perspective on it: In case I understand you correctly, you are asking about the right way to do value-based consulting. The way it normally ... (read entire answer)

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what is this 20%

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Most recent answer on Aug 26, 2021

Antonello

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Antonello

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gave the best answer on Aug 26, 2021

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi, yes, they have to achieve an EBIT/revenue ratio higher than 20% Best,Antonello

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Salary Negotiation

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gave the best answer on May 24, 2021

Hi there, First of all, well done! Now, negotiations are quite tricky and it's hard for me to advise here given there have clearly been some pre-offer negotiations. I'm a bit concerned about continuing to negotiat ... (read entire answer)

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What framework or approach to use for an IT services company strategy?

business model growth strategy IT Strategy Market analysis

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Adi

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Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Adi

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gave the best answer on Apr 09, 2021

Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Hi Roberto, I replied to your other detailed Q&A (https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/drivers-and-future-demand-for-tm-service-models-in-it-services-market-9888). Not sure what are you trying get out ... (read entire answer)

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What are key attributes of models MBB builds?

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Vlad

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

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Dec 08, 2018

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

Hi, 99% of the engagements require some kind of modeling. However, it is not necessarily financial models and it does not mean your work stream will require modeling Model is a broad definition. The most common ty ... (read entire answer)

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Will solving business cases make me a better entrepreneur?

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Vlad

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

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Nov 20, 2018

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

Hi, The best way of learning entrepreneurship is basically failing a couple of times. Solving the cases will help you learn how to approach complex problems (consulting at MBB will help you much more btw), however, I ... (read entire answer)

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on Nov 20, 2018 on Nov 20, 2018
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What is business model and what are the types of business model?

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Sep 13, 2018

Hi Ben, An excellent overview of what a business model is, what different business models look like and how you build one is the book "Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder. That being said, permit me ... (read entire answer)

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Mobile insurance case - Germany - Digital business model

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Jacopo

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

Jacopo

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gave the best answer on Nov 17, 2017

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

Hi Anonymous A, From my understanding, you want to answer this question: is there a potential to launch a mobile/digital brand in Europe for P&C (property & casualty) insurance? If so, what are the key attenti ... (read entire answer)

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