property & real estate Case Interview Questions & Answers

Chicago’s Clare at Water Tower Has No Profitability Problem

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

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Real Estate Tycoon Donald Trump Enters Costa Rica Market

Case Type: market entry, new market; math problem.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: tourism, hospitality, lodging; property, real estate.

Case Interview Question #00480: For this case, your client is American business magnate and real estate developer Donald Trump. He is currently assessing a new project idea for his company.

Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural… Read the rest

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Century 21 Real Estate to Increase Earnings by 200%

Case Type: reduce costs; operations strategy.
Consulting Firm: Bain & Company first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: property & real estate.

Case Interview Question #00266: Our client Century 21 Real Estate LLC is a real estate agency based out of Los Angeles, California. It focuses on managing and renting apartments for short-term contracts and temporary leases: our client rents the entire apartment building… Read the rest

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How Many Stories to Build Manhattan Apartments?

Case Type: new business; finance & economics.
Consulting Firm: PA Consulting Group second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Property & Real Estate.

Case Interview Question #00158: Your rich uncle, Chairman of the real estate development company LeFrak Organization, passed away in 2003 and left you a piece of prime real estate in lower Manhattan in New York City. If you were building apartments… Read the rest

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How Many Stories in Trump Tower Chicago?

Case Type: market sizing; finance/economics.
Consulting Firm: Cambridge Associates 1st round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Property & Real Estate.

Case Interview Questions #00063: Your client for this case is American business magnate, real estate developer, chairman and president of The Trump Organization Mr. Donald Trump. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels all over the… Read the rest

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