Interviewing q: I get a lot of questions in phone interviews like “how would you assess this, develop that...” - not full cases but kind of go for the same I suppose. Any general tips on how to ...

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Lay out your thought process in a structured way.

"First, I'd get this information... (And describe a little bit on how), then I'd develop hypotheses and test them. For this situation, my going in hypothesis would be... XYZ. Based on the info I have, I'd be able to determine ABC and go from there"

What they want to know is how you approach a problem, and determine your comfort with tackling ambiguous information without direction. If you want to spend a bit more time by laying out an example, do that AFTER you layout your approach:

"I actually had the opportunity to solve a problem like this on my last client... We took this approach and it had this result"

Hard to give more details without knowing the specific question or your experience, but you get the gist. Good luck!

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.... demonstrate breadth, depth, proper structure especially on the phone?

Thank you, Accenture 1!

YW op, good luck!!

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