Aptitude · New-age & startups

The Founder's Office / Chief of Staff aptitude round, decoded

A business case: market sizing, unit economics, and a data-backed recommendation. Test vendor: take-home case / live assignment. No negative marking reported — attempt everything.

Season

Rolling, heaviest Jun–Sep

Cutoff intel

Judged on structure and defensible assumptions, not a single exact number

Pattern confidence

Estimated — verified as student reports come in

What to drill, in order

Heavily tested — start here

Top-down market sizing Bottom-up market sizing Contribution & margins Breakeven & unit economics From data to the "so what"Trade-off decisions

Regular

Assumption & sanity sense Growth rates & CAGR Profit levers & bridges Reading charts under time Percentage change & reverse

Appears

Weighted averages

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Topics behind this test

Market Sizing & Guesstimates Case Math Data & Chart Insight Business Judgment Percentages Averages & Mixtures

Also preparing for

Amazon (Ops / Vendor Mgmt) →