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Podcast: Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking
Episode: 827: Estimation = Brainstorming = Structures (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Description: For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we speak about the three core technical concepts around cases. Â We always teach clients estimation technique first, followed by brainstorming technique and finally full case technique. There is a simple reason for this, which is explained in this podcast. Estimations tend to be, but not always, a brainstorm with very few or just one branch. A brainstorm is therefore an estimation equation with multiple branches. A full case structure is a very large brainstorm with mini-brainstorms at each new branch. We want candidates t...