Case Type: private equity (PE), investment.
Consulting Firm: Capgemini Consulting first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: small business; restaurant & food service.
Case Interview Question #00652: One of your friends has approached you about a new business opportunity he has found. He works for GTCR LLC, a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois. GTCR is mostly focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization,… Read the rest
Case Type: pricing & valuation.
Consulting Firm: Gallup Consulting first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: food & beverages; restaurant & food service.
Case Interview Question #00653: The Town of Vail is a small town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was approximately 5,300 in 2010. The town was established and built as the base village to… Read the rest
Case Type: increase sales/revenues; improve profits.
Consulting Firm: Advisory Board Company second round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: banking; financial services.
Case Interview Question #00654: Our client Wilmington Trust is a subsidiary of Buffalo, New York-based retail banking and financial service company M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB). In addition to its core business of standard banking services such as deposits and loans,… Read the rest
Case Type: increase revenue, increase price.
Consulting Firm: Simon-Kucher & Partners (SKP) first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: tourism, hospitality, lodging.
Case Interview Question #00655: Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) is a global hospitality company and the operator of the Hyatt brand hotel chains. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the company’s worldwide portfolio consisted of more than 400 properties under several… Read the rest
Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Kaiser Associates first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical.
Case Interview Question #00656: Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is a large managed health care company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company’s HMO, POS, insured PPO and government contracts subsidiaries provide health care benefits to more than… Read the rest
Case Type: operations strategy, outsourcing; market entry.
Consulting Firm: Gallup Consulting 2nd round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: software, information technology (IT).
Case Interview Question #00657: The client VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is an American software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services to both personal and corporate customers. The company’s desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac… Read the rest
Case Type: industry analysis.
Consulting Firm: Siemens Management Consulting first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: aerospace & defense; electronics.
Case Interview Question #00658: Our client is Teledyne Technologies Inc. (NYSE: TDY), an industrial conglomerate based in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. Teledyne Technologies currently operates with three major divisions: A. Digital Imaging, B. Instrumentation and Engineered Systems, and C. Aerospace and… Read the rest
Case Type: merger and acquisition (M&A).
Consulting Firm: McKinsey & Company final round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: restaurant & food services.
Case Interview Question #00659: Our client is Great Burger, a fast food chain that competes head-to-head with McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, KFC, etc. Currently, Great Burger is the fourth largest fast food chain worldwide, measured by the number of stores in… Read the rest
Case Type: increase sales, increase revenue.
Consulting Firm: Alvarez & Marsal first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: Apparel, Clothing & Textiles.
Case Interview Question #00660: The client Izod is a UK clothing and apparel company that produces dressy-casual clothing and sportswear for men. It is part of the Phillips-Van Heusen Company (NYSE: PVH), headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The… Read the rest
Case Type: new product, new technology; math problem.
Consulting Firm: Advisory Board Company second round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: retail; information technology (IT).
Case Interview Question #00661: Our client is Kmart (often stylized as K-Mart), an American chain of discount consumer goods retailer headquartered in Troy, Michigan, United States. The company was founded in 1962 and currently is the third… Read the rest
Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Navigant Consulting first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: entertainment.
Case Interview Question #00662: You are a fresh MBA just graduated from Wharton Business School. Two business school classmates of yours laud their entrepreneurship intentions and mock your interest in entering the management consulting industry. They decide that despite recent trends, what is needed is a video… Read the rest
Case Type: business competition, competitive response.
Consulting Firm: Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC) first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: oil, gas & petroleum industry.
Case Interview Question #00663: Your client Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States. Formed in November 1999 through the merger of Exxon and Mobil, ExxonMobil… Read the rest
Case Type: business turnaround.
Consulting Firm: Mars & Co first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: non-profit organization.
Case Interview Question #00664: Assume that you are the new pastor (parish priest) of a rural English church in the late 19th century. Over the last three years attendance to your church has been steadily going down. Your boss has just come to town to… Read the rest
Case Type: new product, new technology.
Consulting Firm: Siemens Management Consulting first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: automotive, motor vehicles.
Case Interview Question #00665: The client Mercedes Benz is a multinational division of the German automobile manufacturer Daimler AG (FWB: DAI). Headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, the company produces a full range of luxury cars, buses, coaches, and trucks. Since its inception,… Read the rest
Case Type: business turnaround; competition.
Consulting Firm: Alvarez & Marsal first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: restaurant & food service.
Case Interview Question #00666: Whataburger is a privately held, American regional fast food restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States, the chain is owned and operated by the Dobson family, along with 25 franchisers. As… Read the rest
Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: FTI Consulting first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: Food & Beverages; Consumer Products.
Case Interview Question #00667: Trident is a brand of chewing gum (a.k.a. bubble gum) manufactured by Cadbury Adams USA, the US division of British candy giant Cadbury (owned by Kraft Foods Group, NYSE: KFT). Trident is one of the most popular sugar-free… Read the rest
Case Type: increase sale, increase market share.
Consulting Firm: Seabury Group first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: automotive, motor vehicles; manufacturing.
Case Interview Question #00668: The client Continental AG (FWB: CON) is a leading German auto and truck parts manufacturing company specializing in brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, engine injection systems, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries.… Read the rest
Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Mercer Consulting first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: property & real estate.
Case Interview Question #00669: A retirement home, sometimes called an old people’s home or a nursing home, is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Typically each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Additional facilities… Read the rest
Case Type: organizational behavior; operations strategy.
Consulting Firm: Siemens Management Consulting (SMC) first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences.
Case Interview Question #00670: You are part of our management consulting team working for German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. Founded in 1885, the Boehringer Ingelheim group now is one of the world’s top 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered… Read the rest
Case Type: increase sales, increase market share; growth.
Consulting Firm: Towers Watson second round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: banking.
Case Interview Question #00671: Our client is Bank Mandiri (IDX: BMRI), a large bank in the Southeast Asian country of Indonesia. It is one of the largest banks in the country in term of total assets, loans and deposits. Headquartered in Jakarta,… Read the rest