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Write things down, memorize frameworks, practice practice practice, and for me, it helped to prep alone or with a trusted friend. I used to feel overwhelmed and nervous prepping with multiple other people, and then they would give me random feedback which would demoralize me
It helped me to prep with 1-2 others who were seasoned case coaches and who were encouraging, they helped build my confidence. I think it’s important not to get overwhelmed and not get demotivated as an ADHDer as so much of our motivation comes from dopamine, harsh criticism affects worse for us than neurotypical folks. If someone gave me too negative or random feedback while casing, I would avoid that person like the plague, and it felt like a loss in drive because I wasn’t “good enough”.
Finally, instead of practicing 50-80 cases, what helped me was practicing and revisiting 20-30 cases and keeping cheatsheets on frameworks and industry primers. That worked better for me, it felt my brain was on a loop drawing from what it knew well in the actual interviews
Hope any of this is helpful / resonates
I’m glad it helps. I didn’t even know I had any adhd (until 3 years later) when I was practicing for cases back in business school, and I felt like an imposter vs my classmates for months, because they built confidence for a while and here I was silently prepping, until I cracked the McK interview.
Now I look back, and I’d had a couple of medical emergencies during that time which made me ignore everyone and dig in deeper the way I wanted to prep, and it ended up working for me! I was so thrilled to get in back then, I thought world was my oyster. Once I got my diagnosis, a lot of how my operating model works in these situations became clearer to me (obsessively taking notes to remember, prepping alone, always looking for more positive encouragement - extremely critical feedback breaks me down even if it’s 100% true and I have to remind myself not to be sensitive)
Good luck, OP! You’re gonna crush it 💕
Tons of practice. Took me dozens of cases before I got over the getting overwhelmed side of it. Is there a specific part of the case you find problematic or the whole process?
This is me specific but the math section threw me, so I did a lot of math practice. Candidly, just practicing with people who can give helpful feedback can be incredibly helpful. The more of them you see, the more you understand the structure and how to go through it (and which of like 5 frameworks to use) and it becomes a lot easier.
Also so I wouldn’t get overwhelmed by new industries I didn’t know about, I practiced learning the business model behind like 40 industries so I wouldn’t be caught off guard.
Pretty much what McK 1 said. Prepping alone. Memorizing frameworks that I could adapt to multiple situations. Being well rested before interviewing.
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