Kevin teaches Alice the importance of stepping back to look at the big picture, by explaining why the solution to the case would have led to a sharp rise in counterfeiting.
Kevin discusses the case and pinpoints a common weakness of candidates: they are too logical at the expense of applying business judgment to generate insights.
Kevin talks about the problems of following logic trails in cases and how they lead to mistakes.
Kevin designed this case based on his work experience at the US Treasury. The case exposes a common mistake candidates make: they assume being logical will impress the interviewer. That is an incorrect assumption. This inference-type case requires Alice to examine the evolution in the manufacturi...