AppliedMultiple choice
Midway through your case answer the interviewer says one of your key assumptions is unrealistic. What is the best response?
- ADefend the assumption firmly; changing course looks indecisive
- BAcknowledge it and show how the answer changes
- CAbandon the whole approach and start again from scratch
- DAsk the interviewer to supply the correct assumption and continue
The worked solution is in Premium
The answer, the full working and the one idea to take away – for this and all 1,322 questions in the bank. Answer it in practice and your working is marked, with a known mistake named when you make one.
Learn the method
Communicating: structuring an answer and defending an assumption
More research case studies questions
- You have finished describing your approach and have two minutes left.Applied
- You must present a forecast whose confidence interval is wide enough to include…Applied
- A Fermi estimate multiplies four independent factors, each uncertain to within…Advanced
- Pricing houses in logs, part 3 of 3Advanced
- You are asked to "predict demand" for a bike-share operator. What do you say first?Foundation
- Ten observations: nine average 2 and one is 100.Foundation