Anyone bomb a MBB case interview and make it to next round? I feel like I did well on one case, bombed the other (math mistake, interview had to guide me a bit).

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Yep! On one case I rocked the case but flubbed the personal experience, on the other I rocked personal experience and flubbed the quant section of my case. People always think you have to be perfect in these interviews, but that’s not true. It’s important that when you do make a mistake you recover quickly.

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Thanks that makes me feel a little better about my performance!

I bombed my first 1R interview, almost gave up. But rocked all the cases that followed and finished with offers from all - MBB

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Thanks that is encouraging to hear! Will keep going and see how it goes :)

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Yes sort off, on every round there was one case where I had to ask the interviewer for help structuring the math

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Once a future partner at McK got booted from round 1 of interview during Mba recruiting

He told them they made a grave mistake and given he was xx scholar (top 5% of class at Stanford), they gave him another shot. What separates best from the rest is they are good and know it...

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Now. Bombed BCG 1R as a lateral. Was back 2 years later as MBA and did ok. :-)

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Haha thanks that was my plan if I don’t make it this time :)

Nope.

What kind of math mistake was it?

Great that you were able to gut check it! Even if the interviewer had to ask, it’s good to be able to determine if a number is reasonable.

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