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96 Estimation Cases Should Ideally Be Imprecise
FromCase Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking
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96 Estimation Cases Should Ideally Be Imprecise
FromCase Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Oct 2, 2012
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Podcast episode
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Many candidates are obsessed with generating correct answers in estimations they must make within cases or standalone estimation cases. This is a poor strategy. By obsessing about the final answer in a McKinsey estimation case, they ignore the structure of the estimation case which is far more important and forget why an estimation case exists in the first place - to test the ability to generate an answer with imperfect information. Listeners are strongly advised, as well, to ignore speed at the beginning and focus on good case technique.
Released:
Oct 2, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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