Assessment Centre Practice
The AC Practice will be held in "group in format", just like most of the real AC interviews.
Business Case Discussion/ Analysis
The most common type, there is practice session for this EVERY week
Role Play
Individual Case Presentation
Team Day
Usually we will practise this format when property developers kick off their AC process as mainly property developers use this format
Please refer to the course/practice session schedule, and then register via google form that we provided ( we will send you registration link via WhatsApp) and do NOT worry if you failed to register for an AC practice as we will have AC sessions EVERY week.
Your active participation is the key to the smooth running of the AC practices 😉. Please make sure that you can participate (not just as an observer ) in the sessions before reserving a seat. Thank you!
Your active participation is the key to the smooth running of the AC practices 😉. Please make sure that you can participate (not just as an observer ) in the sessions before reserving a seat. Thank you!
Case List
Week 1 - David Consulting
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Conduct a strategic review of a financial services company, regarding its recent drop in profits
✅. Read, digest and analyse the information given
✅. Analyse the business and identify problem issues.
✅. Suggest actions to improve the business’s operations
Suitable for students who're interested in: Management Consulting, Advisory, Banking & Finance, and Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars): ⭐⭐⭐
✅. Conduct a strategic review of a financial services company, regarding its recent drop in profits
✅. Read, digest and analyse the information given
✅. Analyse the business and identify problem issues.
✅. Suggest actions to improve the business’s operations
Suitable for students who're interested in: Management Consulting, Advisory, Banking & Finance, and Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars): ⭐⭐⭐
Week 2 - Li Business
This case practice aims to equip you with the following abilities:
✅. Extraction of relevant information and data
✅. Analysis of data presented in the form of charts and texts
✅. Deduction of accurate conclusions
✅. Creative solutions formation
✅. Coherent and fluent presentation of ideas
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Management Consulting, Advisory, Banking and Finance and Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 3 - Travel
This case practice aims to equip you with the following abilities:
✅. Extraction of relevant information and data
✅. Analysis of data presented in the form of charts and texts
✅. Deduction of accurate conclusions
✅. Creative solutions formation
✅. Coherent and fluent presentation of ideas
Suitable for students who're interested in:
M&A, Deals Advisory, Management Consulting, Advisory, Banking & Finance and Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 4 - Macy Limited
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Analyse information and situation of the company given
✅. Generate feasible recommendations for improvement
✅. Reach Conclusions to support the firm’s business development
✅. Present ideas in oral form
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Management Consulting, Advisory, Banking & Finance and Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 5 - Group Role Play
This case practice aims to
✅. Assess your behaviour in the workplace
✅. Your effectiveness at working within a team
✅. Require you to address a number of issues and provide practical solutions
✅ Each candidate will be provided with a set of objectives they will need to achieve during this exercise
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Property and Conglomerates, Consulting, Banking
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 6 - SteelHead
Coming soon...
Week 7 - Group Case of Daily in the life
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Analyse information and situation of the charity and projects given
✅. Identify the inefficiency in project runnings
✅. Generate feasible suggestions to tackle the issues identified
✅. Suggest effective development strategies for the charity
✅. Reach Conclusions
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Consulting, Banking and Big 4
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 8 - Macy Bears Limited
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Extraction of relevant information and data, especially financial data from figures and balance sheet
✅. Analysis of data presented in the reading materials to identify issues faced by the business concerned
✅. Deduction of accurate conclusions
✅. Creative solutions formation under a time constraint
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Consulting (esp restructuring team and management consulting) and Big 4
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 9 - David Furniture Limited
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Analyse information and situation of the company given
✅. Generate feasible recommendations for restructuring and future development (covering management, financial, market analysis and investment etc.)
✅. Apply relevant analysis method to evaluate the situation / issues faced by the firm
✅. Evaluate the pros & cons of various development strategies in order to generate a suitable plan to maintain a stellar growth
✅. Reach Conclusions to support the firm’s business development
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Consulting (esp restructuring team and management consulting) and Big 4
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 10 - Li Finance
This case practice aims to assess your:
✅. Ability to gather information and analyse the information gathered to assess the bank's performance (esp. region’s performance, the bank’s performance)
✅. Commercial awareness
✅. Communication skills
✅. Ability to plan, formulate potential strategies for improvement and organise
✅. Ability to reach Conclusions to support the firm’s business development
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Consulting and Big 4
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 11 - Billy Capital
This case practice aims to assess your:
✅. Ability to formulate strategic plans and priorizte system updates for an iBank
✅. Basic understanding of functions: Trade Management, Risk Management and Client Services
✅. Ability to balance cost, impacts and development into emerging markets to support new system launches
✅. Analytical Skills
✅. Ability to reach conclusion
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Investment Banking, Banking and Finance, Consulting, Strategy and Operations
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 12 - Alex and Jacobs Limited
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Analyse information and situation of the company given (including financial data)
✅. Formulate strategic planning and review the strategies to help the firm to maintain a stellar growth
✅ Apply relevant analysis method to evaluate the situation / issues faced by the firm
✅ Reach a conclusion to support the firm’s business development
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Consulting, Strategy, Management Consulting, FMCG, Banking and Finance
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 13 - Paper Recycle Limited (PRL)
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Use Time Series Analysis as a means of forecasting revenues for budgeting purposes
✅. Analyse the financial statements and liquidity of the firm given
✅. Formulate useful suggestions for the firm to tackle the challenges
✅. Suggest effective development strategies for the firm based on market conditions and competition
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 14 - Auto Mobile Limited (AML)
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Extraction of relevant information and data, especially financial data from figures and balance sheet
✅. Analysis of data and information presented in the materials to identify issues faced by the company concerned
✅. Deduction of accurate conclusions
✅. Creative strategy formation and decision making to overcome challenges faced by the firm under a time constraint
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Consulting (restructuring team and management consulting) and Big 4
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 15 - Norwood
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Formulate strategic plans to improve the organisational culture and brand management of a global biotechnology firm
✅. Handle sensitive issues covering accusations of various ruthless and illegal tactics, including asset stripping, price fixing
and bio piracy
✅. Facilitate the expansion and enforcing a greater presence of the firm in these emerging markets as an Management Trainee
✅. Provide a list of recommendations regarding important strategic issues, outline potential implications, offer an in-depth rationale and identify potential side effects that may occur
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Consulting (restructuring team, management consulting and strategic planning), Big 4, Brand Management, Operations and Technology
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 16 - Li Finance
This case practice aims to assess you on your:
✅. Time and task management skills, problem solving and analysis skills, communication and teamwork skills
✅. Ability to plan and review the marketing projects to improve a Financial Institution's brand image
✅. Ability to establish a new image for the Financial Institution as required by choosing a local community project for the FI to provide funding
✅ Negotiation skills in order to reach a conclusion within the team
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Brand Management and Consulting
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 17 - Jacob Hotel
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅. Analyze the current company situation from the management prospective as a group
✅. Comment and decide whether you agree or disagree with the an external consultant's proposal of improvement regarding the
company situation
✅. Give alternative recommendations if you disagree with the proposal
✅. Understand and devise feasible plans to execute the online Reservation and Internet Marketing Project
Suitable for students who're interested in:
IT Advisory, Consulting (restructuring team, management consulting and strategic planning), Big 4, Brand Management
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 19 - EcoFuel
This case practice aims to assess your ability to :
✅ analyse data, make decisions and give clear recommendations based on that data
✅ review the available information concerning this possible business expansion of a firm and give your recommendations regarding how to take this initiative forward
✅ work together with your group members to consider the advantages & limitations of each option to determine which option your team agree to be the best opportunity for global business expansion
✅ provide a clear recommendation as to which of the opportunities the firm should prioritise
✅ justify your recommendations, including the reasons for assigning a lower priority to the other options Suitable for students who're interested in: Consulting (esp. management consulting and strategic planning), Banking and Finance, and Big 4.
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ analyse data, make decisions and give clear recommendations based on that data
✅ review the available information concerning this possible business expansion of a firm and give your recommendations regarding how to take this initiative forward
✅ work together with your group members to consider the advantages & limitations of each option to determine which option your team agree to be the best opportunity for global business expansion
✅ provide a clear recommendation as to which of the opportunities the firm should prioritise
✅ justify your recommendations, including the reasons for assigning a lower priority to the other options Suitable for students who're interested in: Consulting (esp. management consulting and strategic planning), Banking and Finance, and Big 4.
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Week 20 - New Century Bank
*Week 20 New Century Bank*
Focus of the Case:
This case practice aims to assess your ability to
✅ analyse data, make decisions and give clear recommendations based on that data
✅ assist the bank in the digital transformation by increasing the digital service channel both internally and externally
✅ review relevant data/information that has been compiled regarding the business and the customers
✅ provide your recommendations in terms of opportunities for the Bank to realize its digitization goals .
Suitable for students who're interested in: IB Operations, IB Internal Consulting, Digital Banking, IT advisory and Management Consulting .
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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This case practice aims to assess your ability to
✅ analyse data, make decisions and give clear recommendations based on that data
✅ assist the bank in the digital transformation by increasing the digital service channel both internally and externally
✅ review relevant data/information that has been compiled regarding the business and the customers
✅ provide your recommendations in terms of opportunities for the Bank to realize its digitization goals .
Suitable for students who're interested in: IB Operations, IB Internal Consulting, Digital Banking, IT advisory and Management Consulting .
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 21 - ABC FMCG Firm Virtual Business Case
*Week 21 ABC FMCG Firm Virtual Business Case*
Focus of the Case:
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅work with your virtual team to come up with an overall business strategy plan with presentation
✅conduct individual presentation and group discussion
✅define and strategize the project implementation plan in order to increase traffics, conversions and sales for a new store in Hong Kong
✅advocate brand and products by providing amazing, personal nad memorable experience to the customers
.
Suitable for students who're interested in:
*FMCG*, Brand Management, Sales, Property, Conglomerates, Retail Leasing and Consulting
.
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 22 - DEF FMCG Firm Virtual Business Case
*Week 22 DEF FMCG Firm Virtual Business Case*
Focus of the Case:
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅work with your virtual team to come up with an overall business strategy plan with presentation
✅conduct individual presentation and group discussion
✅define and strategize the project implementation plan in order to increase traffics, conversions and sales for a new store in Hong Kong
✅advocate brand and products by providing amazing, personal nad memorable experience to the customers
Suitable for students who're interested in:
*FMCG*, Brand Management, Sales, Property, Conglomerates, Retail Leasing and Consulting
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 23 - Consumer Banking Case
*Week 23 Consumer Banking Case*
Focus of the Case:
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅ analyze data as a Consumer banking Analyst
✅ make decisions to increase market share for the bank
✅ articulate your recommendations for improving an instant loan qualification service and a mobile app
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Consumer Banking/ Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Banking Operations, Consulting, IT Consulting, IB COO
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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Week 24 - History Bank Virtual Business Case
*Week 24 History Bank Virtual Business Case *
Focus of the Case:
This case practice aims to assess your ability to:
✅analyse information
✅come to conclusions
✅work as a team to generate recommendations for the development of historical sites
.
Suitable for students who're interested in:
Banking and Finance, Consulting, Management Consulting, Business Management
.
Difficulties (Out of 5 stars):
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