Market analysis case interview: Auto parts manufacturer (w/ BCG Project Leader & Bain Consultant)

Here's a consulting case interview featuring an ex-BCG Project Leader and a Bain Consultant focusing on a market analysis case.

🎥 Your client is a large Detroit-based auto parts manufacturer with annual sales north of $5 billion. They manufacture a wide portfolio of engineered products for passenger vehicles. Like much of the industry, they've lost 50% of their stock price in the last few weeks. The CFO has asked you to separate the hysteria from the reality in understanding the nature and magnitude of the risks in this situation.

Watch Christopher MacRae Ham (Ex-BCG Project Leader) run Eishan Dhandhania (Bain COnsultant) through this market analysis consulting mock case interview.

🎬 Video Sections:
00:00 Start
00:02 Preview
00:41 Introductions
02:24 Behavioral question
04:01 Case question
08:14 Structure
10:08 Chart reading
11:50 Brainstorming
15:35 Market sizing calculation
23:47 Brainstorming Part 2
25:50 Chart reading Part 2
28:45 Synthesis
30:31 Conclusion

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[SuyashSomani-mw]

Very good case, thanks Rocketblocks...

[rj]

How did he know to assume take out 10% of vehicles for commercial use at the beginning of his market sizing process? I know it’s an assumption of 10% but 225M vehicles fits so perfectly into his calculation of 1 vehicles for 1 person households, 1.5 for 2 person, 2 for 2 person and 3 for 4+ person households.

[sky_tank]

For the sizing for personal use cars, was the 250 million figure from the graph used? It seems like in the end, the candidate just estimated the reduction based on assumptions about the households?

[harshjain]

Such a generic framework. Hardly can see any creativity here. Very surprised as you guys rated this as a good structure. Didn't even say client's name as the second bucket, rather just says "Company". 😂