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Case interview · Hypothesis Driven analysis

A distribution client grew revenue 12% but gross margin fell six points, and finance blames “mix.” Walk me through your hypotheses and how you'd test them.

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Mix is a hypothesis, not an answer — I'd test it against three rivals.

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Concepts behind this questionProfitability trees and MECE decomposition

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