Read, watch and practise
Use primary sources, practice material and videos alongside the worked cases.
- EMPERIO Marketing Lab
Work through a marketing decision and compare the assumptions with one of the market-entry cases.
- The Five Forces
Identify who can negotiate away margin in a market you know. Cite a concrete substitution or switching cost.
- The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
After watching Porter’s interview, pick one force and explain how it could change your decision to enter a market.
- The Explainer: The 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful
Sketch a five-forces map for a case, then underline the force you have the strongest evidence for.
- Interviewing at McKinsey
Use the firm’s public practice material and compare the structure of your opening question with the example.
- Bain hiring process
Check the preparation guidance for the role you are applying to.
- Strategic Management I
Read a lecture on strategic positioning and apply it to one of the market-entry cases.
- Introduction to randomized evaluations
Identify the assignment unit and comparison group before opening the checkout experiment.
- Reserve Bank of India
Find a series for a financial-services research question and write down the reporting period and denominator.
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Find a survey release and distinguish its sampling unit from the decision unit in your case.