Are paid case interview coaches worth it? For context, I practiced with peers out of undergrad and managed to land ATK / final rounds at all the T2s but didn’t get past round one for either BB. I recently had a final round case interview in industry where the feedback was that my structure was great but I stumbled on the math. Interviewing with MBB in 3 weeks and now questioning if I need more help?

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I was joining MBB as an experienced hire and paid for ~5 cases with a prep company. Hard to know how much to attribute vs practice on my own, but definitely helped. For reps on specific skills like framework building or in your case math, recommend RocketBlocks

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Yeah you better brush up on your math! Imagine how you’ll feel if you mess that up. It’s hard to even get an interview so take it seriously by prepping as much as you can

But to answer your question- during my interview process at MBB I did so much prep on my own but my biggest improvements and break through were made during the 4 coaching sessions I had with manager who offered to help in the few weeks before the final

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