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Interview preparation

Expand a Palakkad rice mill before harvest?

Capacity · 60-second interview drill

A mill has spare annual capacity. Why is it turning customers away?

Read the case and its exhibit, then answer aloud or use the workspace.

60s
Reveal the exemplar and rubric

Compare peak-day arrivals, dryer throughput and yard capacity. Size an overflow plan for the most constrained days.

  1. Answer the question directly and name the decision owner’s objective.
  2. Use one number or observation from the exhibit to support your claim.
  3. State what evidence could reverse your recommendation and what you would do next.

Give yourself one point for each criterion. Repeat the answer with the largest omission fixed.

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