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Need Help: Handling Confusion in MBB Interviews

approaching a case confusion hypothesis MBB Cases

Most recent answer on Oct 31, 2023

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

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gave the best answer on Oct 30, 2023

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

Hi Anonymous! If you get lost in the middle of cases, this is a surefire indicator that you are not structuring your cases very well. A good structure makes it practically impossible to get lost along the way, because i ... (read entire answer)

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A beginner's confusion: What is the difference between an issue-tree and a framework? Can they be used interchangeably?

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Feb 21, 2019

In consulting these terms are often use interchangebly. In case prep a framework is a general structure (e.g. profit framework consists of revenue and costs, costs is split in fixed and variable..). Where a issue true i ... (read entire answer)

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