Finance Case-Cracking, Frameworks & Trade-offs is a structured track of 14 lessons that build a complete, interview-ready understanding of the topic. Work through them in order, then use the quiz and flashcards in each lesson to revise.
What this course covers
- How to Structure Any Finance Problem With Issue Trees - Structuring before calculating, using issue trees built for finance problems.
- The Finance Frameworks Worth Memorising and Their Triggers - Each framework paired with the signal that tells you to reach for it.
- Guesstimates & Market Sizing With Finance Examples - Market sizing worked step by step on finance-sector questions.
- Mental Maths & Quick Estimation Under Interview Pressure - The estimation shortcuts that keep you accurate without a calculator.
- Trade-off: Equity vs Debt Financing, and What Flips the Answer - The equity versus debt call, with the specific conditions that reverse it.
- Trade-off: Growth vs Profitability, Judged on Cash and Cohorts - When to fund growth and when to force profitability, judged on evidence.
- Trade-off: Dividend vs Buyback and Organic vs Acquired Growth - Two capital allocation trade-offs with the deciding criteria spelled out.
- When Frameworks Fail: The Limits of Standard Finance Models - Where the standard tools break, and what to say when an interviewer pushes there.
- Case: Diagnosing and Fixing a Manufacturer's Falling Margins - A margin diagnosis case worked fully, from decomposition to recommendation.
- Case: Should Company A Acquire Company B? - An acquisition case with valuation, synergy testing and a clear final call.
- Case: Should the Bank Lend to This Borrower? - A credit case from financial spreading through to sanction terms.
- Case: Setting the Price Band for an Upcoming Public Issue - A pricing case: comparables, demand assessment and the final band.
- Case: Valuing a Startup Ahead of a Funding Round - A startup valuation case: sizing the round, pricing it and defending the number.
- Case: Turning Around a Company in Financial Distress - A distressed turnaround case covering liquidity, restructuring and stakeholder maths.