Quantitative
Exhibit
A chart or table the interviewer hands you to reason from.
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An exhibit is a piece of data, usually a chart or a table, that the interviewer shows you during a case. Your job is to read it fast, pull the right numbers, do any math off it, and state the so-what. Exhibits are central to live cases and to online case screens.
Where does it come up in case interview prep?
- The job, and the small simulation of itLesson in What a case interview is, and how to prepare
- The format, and how to perform in itLesson in Chatbot-led digital case interviews
- Numerical, verbal and logical tests: format and techniqueLesson in Aptitude and psychometric tests
- Read it fast, then say the so-whatLesson in Reading and using exhibits
- Every chart type, and how to read itLesson in Charts and data in depth
- Written, presentation and group cases: formats and techniqueLesson in Written, presentation and group cases
- Slide titles that state the pointLesson in Saying so what: synthesis and communication at work
- How you are scored, and 15 failure patternsLesson in Thinking like the interviewer
Related terms
- So-whatThe single most important takeaway from a fact or exhibit.
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- CAGR (compound annual growth rate)The steady yearly growth rate that links a start value to an end value.
- Rule of 72Years to double is about 72 divided by the growth rate.
- Weighted averageAn average where each part counts in proportion to its size.
- Lakh and croreIndian number units: 1 lakh = 100,000 and 1 crore = 10 million.
- Run rateCurrent performance scaled up to a full year.
- Market sizingEstimating how big a market or quantity is.
Learn it in context
See Exhibit at work in a lesson from What a case interview is, and how to prepare, with checks as you go.
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