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Sample Interview Questions - Case Study

The following are some sample interview questions in case study interviews, they may be presented in four different types.

1) Estimation questions:

  • How many cars are there in the U.S.?
  • How many divorces take place nationally in any given year?
  • What is the market for digital cameras likely to be in 15 years?
  • How many airplanes are in air right now?

2) Actual or theoretical client questions:

  • An offline business wants to go online, what is your advice?
  • FedEx is going to offer a new service where customers can drop a package directly into a driver's vehicle. What issues need to be thought about?
  • An airline finds that, while its revenues are at an all time high, the company is still operating at a loss. What is going on?
  • You are contacted by ABC Pizza to help them develop a plan for entering the home delivery market in a community where XYZ Pizza has the dominant position. As lead consultant to ABC, what would you do?

3) Brain Teaser Questions:

  • What will be different if, in the future, consumers have to pay for every drop of drinkable water piped to their residence or business?
  • Why are manhole covers round?
  • How to know if the light inside refrigerator is on or not?

4) Graphic Interpretation Questions:

  • Interpreting data in a chart or other form of graph.

More sample interview questions:

The Boston Consulting Group
Mckinsey & Company 1
Mckinsey & Company 2
Brain & Company
Accenture
Mercer Management Consulting
Capital One.

For a thorough analysis of case interviews and related sample interview questions, see the following books:

Ace Your Case! The Wet Feet Insider Guide, Consulting & Finance Services

The Vault Guide To Finance Interview & The Vault Guide To Case Interview

Case in Point: Complete Interview Preparation, Third Edition, by Marc Cosentino.

Harvard College Guide To Consulting Case Questions, 1996, by Marc Cosentino.

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