Session #1 - Introduction to Case Interviews

Case Interviews are used by consulting firms for recruitment. In this session we will cover the following topics
1. Learn how to go about solving cases
2. What an interviewer looking for in a candidate
3. Types of case interviews - guesstimates, profitability, market entry
4. Key skills needed to master case interviews
5. Sample Case

[TuringTested]

Most important information the guys in the class didnt use is the time of the day, it is 12 in the noon, so the person essentially has around 6 hours to find some light source as he wouldnt be able to see at the night, which would be a huge problem, the other thing they could have analysed is the elevation of the ground from them, if the person sees that the ground infront of him is elevating upwards and he plans to move along it could mean he is going up the hill etc.

[pranabsaha]

given info: place = forest, time=12 noon. objectives are to survive and get out. breakdown into survive and get out. to survive, find food(enough for the day) and water source along with shelter. Spend 5 hours doing this. find wood and timber to light a fire. cook the food and sleep. day 2 create weapon or tools and food and water storage facility and find directions. day 3 explore the island and keep going in the same direction and create shelters at 1 km distance in the same direction till you reach the end of the forest. if the end is a cliff thats difficult to climb, turn back and go to nearest shelter and repeat till done for other directions. if water body, create raft and fishing arrangements. If surrounded by sea or dead end on all sides, create smoke signals at the edge of the island and hope for people to notice.

[dhritirajdas]

I wish it was in HD quality. This is pretty good.

[khushilunkad]

Hi, management student here and I'd like to say something wrt MECE structure. The full form of MECE is mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Collectively and not comprehensively.
You look at all unique possibilities that don't overlap each other but together are complete. Eg positive numbers, negative numbers and zero = all possible numbers.
A number cannot be both positive and negative hence they are Mutually Exclusive.

[rashmipadmawar]

Great Job! Didn't feel like an hour! Loved it

[SaurabhKumar-jejm]

The first question came to my mind, in the unconventional case was: Do I have a cell phone and does forest have the network. 😂If the answer came out as yes, Whole case study is over

[sureshr]

I will also try to make weapon from available resources like wood from the tree, stones as weapon I will escape from it. I will also try to make fire from wood as a weapon and also for cooking

[sriharshasammeta]

1. Preliminary questions
2. Overall strategy
3. MECE structure

Finally (wrap-up),
1. Final Synthesis
2. Reason for each of the synthesis points

[ritvikarya]

A question
If a person woke up in the middle of the forest, there would be some footprints which can give the direction to follow (He wont be much kms away from the road unless he came by a vehicle in which case, there would be a vehicle near him. Why is everyone taking inputs from Man vs Wild and making a case more of a bear grylls situation.

[sureshr]

I will climb the tree top to find any approch to go out and I aso any river or seato escape from the forest to the nearest tiny village and find any one to help

[rashmi]

Amazing knowledgeable video.. this presenter is damn handsome Saransh😍

[Sjabab]

can we expect these type of case study for business analyst profile too??

[keshavkumar-rozm]

i wonder if bear grylls was asked this question?

[theNotoriousBFM]

Too much jargon here. TLDR version: do a first principles analysis, get things down to principal components that matter.

[jeorgesingh]

Aditya Sharma who answers all questions with something stupid. But I guess that is what makes you feel like you have done something worthwhile. Also I am sure he will reply with something stupid and someone he knows will say "Burrrnnn." So go ahead this is another comment to make your life meaningful.

[RahulYadav-nkwp]

Where I can find the PPT's of this presentation?

[tusharprasad]

15:20 sorry it’s not collectively exhaustive - unless you live in a country where no taxes are paid 😉

[rashmi]

I wnt saransh's independent video... ❤️ The other one is just getting in my nerves🙄😤