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1. Why Amex / Payments? 2. Ability to manage through ambiguity 3. Ability to influence senior stakeholders 4. Willingness to work hard (more than 9-5 job) 5. What would you do if the CEO decided to introduce a new product (i.e. debit card) and what considerations would you have? 6. (Case) What strategy can company X take into account to improve their sales given ABC considerations? 7. (Case) Amex is interested in pursuing a partnership with Company X, what information would you want to learn prior and where would you get it from? 8. (Case) There is a new governmental law that restricts Company X's potential sales and customer perception. What would you do in Company X's position? 9. (Case - Math) Company X operates in a country with 60m people, where about 10 out of 1000 people have their product. They own 20% of the market share and their products last 8 years. Average cost per unit is $50k. What is their profit? If Company X operates in another country where 16 out of 1000 people have their product and the product lasts 10 years, keeping the same other assumptions, what is the profit and how would you apply these new assumptions to the original company? What would be the profit increase between two two assumptions in this case?
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Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Group

Interviewed at American Express

4.1
Feb 23, 2021

1. Why Amex / Payments? 2. Ability to manage through ambiguity 3. Ability to influence senior stakeholders 4. Willingness to work hard (more than 9-5 job) 5. What would you do if the CEO decided to introduce a new product (i.e. debit card) and what considerations would you have? 6. (Case) What strategy can company X take into account to improve their sales given ABC considerations? 7. (Case) Amex is interested in pursuing a partnership with Company X, what information would you want to learn prior and where would you get it from? 8. (Case) There is a new governmental law that restricts Company X's potential sales and customer perception. What would you do in Company X's position? 9. (Case - Math) Company X operates in a country with 60m people, where about 10 out of 1000 people have their product. They own 20% of the market share and their products last 8 years. Average cost per unit is $50k. What is their profit? If Company X operates in another country where 16 out of 1000 people have their product and the product lasts 10 years, keeping the same other assumptions, what is the profit and how would you apply these new assumptions to the original company? What would be the profit increase between two two assumptions in this case?

No specific technical questions. Questions revolved only around previous experience and very outdated lateral thinking type questions. A poor method of attempting to screen candidates for a role where technical experience is required.
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Manager - FP&A

Interviewed at adidas

3.9
Oct 20, 2021

No specific technical questions. Questions revolved only around previous experience and very outdated lateral thinking type questions. A poor method of attempting to screen candidates for a role where technical experience is required.

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