838: Sanity Checking Estimations in Cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

838: Sanity Checking Estimations in Cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

Many candidates forget to sanity-check their calculations in a case. That is a bad idea. Without a sanity-check there is no way to meaningfully assess the accuracy of your answer. More important, how you perform the sanity check is the key. All sanity-checks must involve the reduction of the answer to a number that you can intuitively compare to your own experiences. Unless you do this, you can never defend your answer.

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585: Merging BCG and McKinsey approaches (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

585: Merging BCG and McKinsey approaches (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

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584: Career rotation vs. progression (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

584: Career rotation vs. progression (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about career rotation vs. progression. Candidates always want to show improvement on their resumes in th...

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583: Estimation = Brainstorming = Structures (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

583: Estimation = Brainstorming = Structures (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about the three core technical concepts around cases. We always teach clients estimation technique first...

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582: Leadership versus teamwork answers (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

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581: The secret of top sellers (with Rishi Dave)

581: The secret of top sellers (with Rishi Dave)

Welcome to an interview with Rishi Dave, a partner in Bain's Commercial Excellence practice with deep expertise in B2B marketing and digital marketing. In this episode, Rishi explains the concept of a...

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580: Managing screen time and addictive technology (with Gaia Bernstein)

580: Managing screen time and addictive technology (with Gaia Bernstein)

Welcome to an interview with Gaia Bernstein, a Law Professor, Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology at the Seton Hall...

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579: The art of listening (with Oscar Trimboli)

579: The art of listening (with Oscar Trimboli)

Welcome to an interview with the author of How to Listen, Oscar Trimboli. Effective communication is not all about eloquent speaking. The key sits on the ability to listen and how you react and respon...

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578: Changing practice styles manages uncertainty (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

578: Changing practice styles manages uncertainty (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about our practice styles. Over the course of the case interview training program, it becomes very impor...

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