Consulting Math | Secrets from Bain Consultants

Neel and Rohit explain why math is important for the case interview (and consultants), outline their most important math guidelines, and share their secret tips and tricks that helped them ace the math on all of their cases.

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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Overview of video - 0:37

Part 1: Why is math important? - 1:00
↳Reason math is important for case interviews - 1:18
↳Reason math is important on the job - 1:23
↳What kind of math you're expected to know - 2:12
↳How consultants provide value using math & data - 2:25

Part 2: Important math guidelines - 4:17
↳Overview your math - 4:27
↳Knowing the units of what you're solving - 6:01
↳If you're taking a long time, re-evaluate - 7:05
↳Speak to your numbers!!! - 7:49
↳How to estimate numbers quickly and accurately - 9:50

Part 3: Specific math tips & tricks - 10:18
↳Don't use 0's - 10:33
↳Always write your units - 10:53
↳Math the math easier on yourself - 11:27
↳Break numbers into parts - 13:02
↳Brush up on mental math skills - 13:41
↳Tricks with 25 and 5 - 14:30

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