Cheat Sheet To Crack Hiring Challenges And Case Competitions

He’s nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready. To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting. What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud. He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out. He’s choking, how? Everybody’s joking now. The clock’s run out, time’s up, over, blaow! 

Keep reading further if you don’t want to ever relate to these lyrics again! 

Welcome to your MBA life. These 2 years are going to pass by in a flurry of new friends, new learnings, coffee, some more coffee, deadlines, some more deadlines, and experiences that will forever change you. It may all be a bit much and could get overwhelming, but we won't let that happen. 

Maximise the ROI from your MBA!

The coming 2 years are going to present you with challenges and in true underdog style, you are going to convert these into opportunities. Be it applying classroom concepts to real life, exploring collaboration and teamwork, enhancing your soft skills or your presentation skills, networking with dream recruiters, getting your 15 minutes of fame, making new friends, or getting an exciting job or an internship; a corporate competition offers you all this and more. Along with some very realistic and much-needed opportunities, corporate competitions will also place you comfortably when it comes to daunting placements.

When the ROI is this high, you need to ensure that you make every move carefully. Always know who you are up against and what it is that you need to do. How will you be able to get that edge and end why must only you reign supreme? Sweat not, we aren’t going to leave you with a series of pensive questions. We are, unlike anybody else, going to hand over the answer key to you! 

Master Key to the Executive Summary Round

Most corporate competitions will require you to submit an executive summary which will be used to filter out a select few teams who move forward in the competition. If you do not want to get eliminated in the first few rounds, then keep reading! 

• Continue Reading - Read the Case Study a minimum of 3 times and then read it once more.
• Write Down - Identify the problem statement in no more than a single sentence.
• Explore and Think - Google will be your best friend and your own innovating capabilities that elder sibling who will always get you to the right answer. 
• Build - Download this Executive Summary Submission Guide template and give shape to your winning answer. 

Seal the deal and take home the bounty!

Once you qualify for the Executive Summary Round, you will either be mentored by industry leaders with your solution or you will be tasked with conducting some more research and putting together a more detailed 5-6 slider presentation. The stakes are much higher and time scarcer. Yet again fret not and forget not that we will always have your back! 

The Winning Mantra

Our team has witnessed countless teams present during the finale and seen first hand what it takes to win. And it was time that we put all of it together into one OG Detailed Submission Guide. Once you download it, make sure to keep it under lock and key and use it to shine in all the Grand Finales you find yourself in. We know there are going to be many. 

The only other thing that you will now need to win any corporate competition is a crisp and smart suit! 

At any point during your MBA you feel like you want to level up, just open a new tab, type in Unstop.com and you will find yourself on the right path humming, I’m Unstoppable today!

Also, please note that these are helping aids and in no way they will guarantee your excellence. 

Be Unstoppable!