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What is a case interview? The Case Interview What specific skills does it assess? How to prepare for a case interview? An interactive example.
There are several types of cases. Each is designed to assess different skills.
Measures
Your broad functional skills Your big-picture perspective Your comfort with detail and analysis
Measures
Your comfort with ambiguous challenges Your level of creativity
Background Information
The Case Interview
You are a manager at a company that markets various products and services and that is looking to diversify You receive some information indicating magazine publishing may be interesting You are considering developing a new magazine but are not sure how profitable it might be What are some of the issues you must consider when evaluating the magazine business?
Things to consider
The Case Interview
Defining the target market Competition
# of competitors, fragmentation, brand name
Build off of core competencies Barriers to entry Business cycle stage Method of measuring viability Opportunity cost
Our next step is to understand the economics of the business. What are the profit drivers in the magazine publishing business?
Through some initial research you have been able to determine the following
You can charge 25 for an annual subscription of 50 issues You can generate 1 in advertising revenue per issue for each subscription Printing and distribution costs are 1 per copy per issue Content development costs run 1 million per year Lets ignore newsstand sales for now Lets ignore marketing expenses for now How much profit will you generate a year from one incremental subscription?
Breakeven = 1 million/25 = 40,000 subscriptions Given you need 40,000 subscriptions to breakeven, do you move forward?
Renewals look like an obvious avenue to explore In the best case scenario, zero cost to acquire with no drop in revenues
so our overall net revenue for year 1 subscriptions is: 40,000 * 25 * (100% + 50% + 50%*50% + ) - upfront mrkting using 1 + a + a2 + a3 + = 1/(1-a), taking a = 50%, we get a total of: 40,000 * 25 * 2 - 1million = 1 million
Option 2
Assume 40,000 customers in year 1 No net revenue in year 2 75% renewal rate every year Revenue resumes in year 3
so our overall net revenue for year 1 subscriptions is: 40,000 * 25 * (100% + 75% + 75%*75% + ) - 750k upfront mrkting = 40,000 * 25 * 4 - 750k - 1million = 2.25 million
Some tips:
The Case Interview Stay confident stay cool Show enthusiasm not frustration Be thorough avoid mistakes Ask questions Show your stuff
Questions?