the community’s database has all these corporate strategy tear-downs from FAANG strategists. how do you actually use these to prep for case interviews? are there particular frameworks that map well to real-world analysis? worried about balancing textbook models vs实战 insights.
those tear-downs are 3 years outdated minimum. better to study recent earnings calls and reverse-engineer the biz model shifts. real strategists crib from investor relations, not case books
did the amazon 2023 teardown last week! their adj. CAC formula is gold for PM interviews too. ignore the biz school frameworks tbh
Focus on 2-3 tear-downs per sector. Reverse-engineer their key assumptions - most value comes from seeing how real strategists balance quantitative rigor with executive politics. The Microsoft 2022 cloud analysis is particularly instructive for stakeholder alignment techniques
You’ll crush it! Start with Apple’s ecosystem teardown - shows how to connect dots between functions
Analysis shows candidates studying 5+ tear-downs improve case accuracy by 35%. Key pattern: successful users focus on competitive moat analysis sections (avg 23% more interview discussions)