Sample Guesstimate Questions

1. How Many Penguins Can Live in Antarctica?

2. What is Market Size of Acoustic Guitar in New Delhi?
3. How Many People Are in the Air of India Right Now?
4. How many lightbulbs are there in Mumbai?
5. What is Indigo’s weekly revenue for the Mumbai to New Delhi route?
6. What is no. of cricket balls required to manufacture per year in India?
7. What is the monthly revenue of your hair salon?
8. How many school teachers are there in Kolkata?
9. What is the monthly profit of your favourite restaurant?
10. How many flat screen televisions have been sold in India in the past 12
months?
11. How many iPhones are currently being used in India?
12. Are there more iPhones in operation in the U.S. or in China?
13. How many trees are there in Bangalore?
14. How many trees are used to manufacture A4 sheet papers?
15. What is the Revenue for the smartphone market in India?

NavKiran
 Sample Case Interview Questions
1. How much time does it take to relocated an average size mountain 10 miles using an
average size dump truck?
2. Your client is a $300 million a year copper mining company. This year it has lost $50
million. How do you turn it around?
3. How many gallons of gasoline does an average gas station in America sell on an
average day?
4. Your client is a ski resort. Global warming has made it such that natural snowfall has
been reduced by 50%. They client is concerned. What should they do and why?
5. Your client is a gas station and the market is so competitive that they make no
money on gasoline sales. All the profit is in convenience store sales. What is the
profit maximizing way to layout the convenience store and why?
6. Your client is Motorola. The year is 1980. They just invented the cellular phone 3
years ago. They want you to estimate the market demand for cell phones over the
next 30 years and tell them if there is a market for this invention (and prove it)
7. Volvo claims it is the safest car in the world because fewer people die in a Volvo than
in a car made by any other manufacturer in the world. What's wrong with this
conclusion?
8. Your nephew runs a lemonade stand. Yesterday was Monday and he was open from
2pm - 5pm, and sold 2 cups. What should he do differently tomorrow?
9. Client X is deciding how best to enter a new market. They have a choice of buying
an existing company, or developing the technology in-house. How would you think
about advising them to make the best decision
NavKiran