Segmentations: The 4th Way To Be MECE In Case Interviews

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The MECE principle (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) is the most famous principle in management consulting.

It is used every single day by McKinsey, BCG and Bain consultants to structure their client's problems just like you see in case interviews.

When I was preparing for my case interviews I was constantly afraid I was not being MECE when solving my cases. Everyone told me that I should be MECE: Victor Cheng, Case in Point, and all the other "experts".

But one thing they did not tell me was HOW to be MECE.

In this video, I'm sharing with you The 4th Way To Be MECE: Segmentations. This means you're slicing your problem according to one or more criteria to create your MECE structure.

This video is a follow-on from another video, The 5 Ways To Be MECE, which are 5 practical techniques you can use to create your own customized frameworks.

Segmentations are both under and overutilized. How is that even possible? Well, candidates use them all the time, but not when they're actually needed!

There are a few things you need to know about segmentations to do well in McKinsey, Bain or BCG case interviews.

So, what are these things?

Through the video I'll show you that even though all proper Segmentations are Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive, there are some patterns that are vastly more insightful for specific cases than others.

I'll also show you the 3 situations in which you should use segmentations: to divide problems of different natures, to add nuance to your structures and to find problems derived from the "Mix Effects".

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Table of contents (so you can find stuff later in the future):

00:54 - Examples of Segmentations
06:34 - How to use Segmentations
07:17 - Using Segmentations to separate different problems
08:41 - Using Segmentations to add nuance to a core structure
12:21 - Using Segmentations to find "Mix Effects"
19:33 - Things to be aware of when using Segmentations

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Bruno

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