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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368: McKinsey senior partner/organization practice global leader, Bill Schaninger

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367: Predictive problem solving

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366: When consultants overbill a client

366: When consultants overbill a client

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365: McKinsey wants me to find a new client or leave

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364: What should be my company's strategy

364: What should be my company's strategy

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363: Consulting success beyond what I thought was possible (ex Accenture Strategy Consultant)

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