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How to conduct "daily reading" to accumulate business knowledge?

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Most recent answer on Dec 24, 2023

Diana

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Ex McKinsey Consultant| Coached/interviewed 20+ students| France & USA

Diana

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Ex McKinsey Consultant| Coached/interviewed 20+ students| France & USA

In consulting interviews, while direct testing of your knowledge is rare, a broad understanding of industry trends and business concepts is essential. Overall, not more than 10-15% of your total interview preparation ti ... (read entire answer)

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Recommendations for mastering graphs and charts quick interpretation?

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Vlad

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Vlad

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Hi, You can use the following approach: Take a minute to look at the graph Read the graph title Look at the graph type and define the type (pie chart, line chart, etc) Look at the legend (ask for clarifying ... (read entire answer)

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Can anyone suggest me how to learn reading and interpreting difficult graphs?

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Francesco

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Hi Anonymous, as generally practice I would reccomend the following three-steps approach to properly read graphs: 1. Read the graph Ask for one minute of time to understand the graph. Summarize what the graph ... (read entire answer)

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Reading / interpreting charts/graphs

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 22, 2019

In addition to all those great points from the experts, I would add GMAT Integrated Reasoning books as a great source to practice

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How to read books / articles faster and gain a better understanding?

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Hi there, here is an unconventional tip that helped me to reach 50+ books per year: instead of reading books you can actually listen to them. While I listen, I take notes on my phone and once finished, prepare a qui ... (read entire answer)

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Book suggestions

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Anonymous A gave the best answer on Jun 15, 2018

The following have all helped me - THE FIRM: McKinseys secret influence on American business Talk like Ted Algorithms to live by Annual reports of your favourite companies Secrets of mental maths

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Is there any good magazine (wsj, economist - alike) to read more about analysis on why companies triumph and fail?

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 23, 2019

Hi Alan, If by any chance you are interested to read about tech companies, I would recommend signing up the free newletters from CBInsights or PitchBook. Sometimes they send out quite good analysis (for free) on rece ... (read entire answer)

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industry knowledge for case studies

articles Bain BCG Books Case Interview competence extra knowledge McKinsey reading reports

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Anonymous gave the best answer on May 14, 2017

You are doing a lot of what I say "looking at the leaves" while you need to rise above and look at the whole forest. You cannot, ever, know about all the industries you may be questions on at a case interview. Your job ... (read entire answer)

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