improve profitability Case Interview Questions & Answers

Wilmington Trust to Double Revenues and Profits in 5 Years

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

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Brokerage Firm Charles Schwab Prepares for Next Recession

Case Type: math problem, quantitative case; improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Capital One first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: financial services.

Case Interview Question #00648: Our client Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is an American retail Brokerage firm based in San Francisco, California. The company started offering discount brokerage on May 1, 1975 and since then has become one of the largest… Read the rest

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LG Electronics to Reduce High-end Refrigerator Price in India

Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Siemens Management Consulting second round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: consumer electronics; household goods, home appliances

Case Interview Question #00639: The client LG Electronics (LSE: LGLD) is a multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea and the flagship subsidiary of the LG Group conglomerate. The company operates its business through five divisions: Mobile Communications,… Read the rest

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer to Raise Newspaper Price Back to $1

Case Type: business competition; improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: publishing, mass media & communications.

Case Interview Question #00638: Our client The Hearst Corporation is an American mass media group based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. As a major media conglomerate, the company’s holdings now… Read the rest

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Ghana’s Busy Internet Cafe to Build a New Copy Center

Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: McKinsey & Company first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: small business; information technology (IT).

Case Interview Question #00621: Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa with a population of about 24 million (as of 2010). The capital and largest city is Accra, with an estimated urban population of 2.3 million… Read the rest

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