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Advanced Case Interviews – A Video Overview

Management Consulted

Now that you have a basic understanding of case interviews – you know their purpose, format, and structure – it’s time to move on to the meatier topics. Because of that, nailing the case interviews is a challenge. Top interviewers make use of a variety of tools that enable them to master the case interview.

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MECE Framework: Case Interview Example

Management Consulted

The Mutually Exhaustive Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) framework is an important problem structuring principle that consultants use to organize data efficiently and comprehensively. In this article, we will cover how to utilize MECE in a case interview setting. To watch a video … Continue Reading.

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Case Interview Glossary

CaseInterview.com

It occurred to me that this is a somewhat time-consuming process and maybe not the most efficient if you’re trying to learn in just a few days. The idea is, if you were to discuss industry consolidation in a case interview, you would have an intuitive and conceptual idea of what typically happens in these situations.

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Minimum Efficient Scale

CaseInterview.com

Today, I want to introduce you to (or perhaps remind you of) the concept of the minimum efficient scale. For example, Amazon is able to process and deliver its customers’ orders very efficiently because of its “scale.”. The concept of “minimum efficient scale” is less well known and is a less-used term. Minimum efficient scale.

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Business Book Review: The McKinsey Way

Management Consulted

Our author today is Daniel, an MC intern focused on video and social media marketing. In this section, Ethan talks about McKinsey’s approach to selling a study, to sell without selling, and then goes on to describe the basics of assembling a team, managing hierarchy, conducting research, conducting interviews, and brainstorming.

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How to Improve Brain Processing Speed (Improving Problem Solving in a Case Interview)

CaseInterview.com

This caseinterview.com student sent me an email recently asking my advice on how they could practice and improve their performance in the problem-solving part of a case interview. First of all, many thanks for all your information and encouraging words on case interview preparation . Reader’s Email. My Response.

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Creating Simple Rules for Complex Decisions

Harvard Business

These rubrics can help judges decide whom to detain, tax auditors whom to scrutinize, and hiring managers whom to interview. Following our rubric would ensure defendants are treated equally, with only the highest-risk defendants detained, simultaneously improving the efficiency and equity of decisions. Related Video.