Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Case Interview Questions & Answers

Marriott Upgrades Service to Compete with Four Seasons

Case Type: operations strategy; business competition.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants second round summer internship interview.
Industry Coverage: tourism, hospitality, lodging.

Case Interview Question #00465: Four Seasons Hotels, Inc. is a Canadian-based international luxury, five-star hotel management company. Travel + Leisure magazine has consistently ranked the hotel chain’s 84 properties among the top luxury hotels in the world. The company is the… Read the rest

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What Operating Metrics to Look at in a Consulting Firm?

Case Type: operations strategy.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: consulting, HR, business services.

Case Interview Question #00464: Imagine you are the CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a global management and strategy consulting firm headquartered in Munich, Germany with 45 offices and 2,000 consultants in 33 countries. What operating metrics would you want to look at to… Read the rest

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How Many French Fries Does McDonald’s Sell In a Year?

Case Type: estimate or guesstimate.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants first round summer internship interview.
Industry Coverage: restaurant & food services.

Case Interview Question #00460: How many individual French fries does McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) sell in the United States each year?

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This is a simple estimation/guesstimate case. While it goes without saying that the candidate should come up with a final… Read the rest

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Fosun to Sell 80% of Its Aluminum Alloy Wheels to U.S.

Case Type: market sizing; market entry.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants first round summer internship interview.
Industry Coverage: automobile, motor vehicles.

Case Interview Question #00435: Our client Fosun International Limited is a large Chinese conglomerate incorporated in Hong Kong and headquartered in Shanghai. As one of the largest private-owned conglomerates in Mainland China, the client has a lot of cash on its… Read the rest

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Publix Feels Threatened by WalMart Supercenters

Case Type: business competition, competitive threat.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: retail; general merchandisers.

Case Interview Question #00418: Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida, United States. Publix stands as one of the largest US regional grocery chains. It operates mainly in the southeast states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina… Read the rest

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