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There are lot of mixed reviews about Nagarro.. some folks are saying Nagarro do not fire even in covid the only did the pay cuts and did not fire anyone... where as some folks are saying Nagarro is hiring rigorously more than their projects strength so firing will happen for sure and if you are on bench for more than 1 month you are in red zone as the same happened in past... what is the mystery.. can anyone from Nagarro an honest review about this organization.
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I went in with the mindset that (barring a total fail) showing creativity, coachability, flexibility/performing under pressure, generally being charismatic and not a weirdo etc would carry the day. They already screen for aptitude and intelligence with resume filtering. And I'm fairly sure I was right since I did only okay on my cases (not bad and certainly not great) but got the job with great int feedback. But who knows
I did 15 cases or so over a couple month period.
It depends on the person and background. I have seen people practices for months and 50-70 cases and still not get it. I have seen others do 3-5 cases and nailed it. You just have to be honest with yourself and your abilities. Focus on your weaknesses with targeted practice.
2 weeks, ~8 live cases lol
I was in business school and cased with a team of 4 (paired up with different ppl for each case). I did ~25 cases, but there's no magic number - I know ppl that did 10 and those did 75+. The quality of casing feedback and choice of partner is more critical than sheer number of cases.
Starting soon at MBB. Offers from both firms I interviewed with. I did about 10 live cases with friends, watched Victor Cheng's videos, did online practice cases on websites, and mental math practice on Victor Cheng's website for about 3 weeks before interviews.
^strategy& did you watch the free videos on victor cheng's site or the look over my shoulder?
My approach was to broadly learn the main frameworks so I was at least familiar with the types of ways it makes sense to break down a problem. I then brushed up on mental math so that would always be solid. I did a few practices by myself, and then practised with a friend so I could get used to explaining my reasoning / thought process. Like BCG says, you want it to be a conversation with the interviewer, not you showing off the things you memorised, so focus more on how you can ask clarifying questions or present insight back to the interviewer in a conversational but articulate way.
80 + cases and tons of prep .. But I'm also a doctor so I needed a bit more prep than an MBA would
45 cases over 2.5 months, 2x weekly meet ups with two different case groups plus casing with 2nd years not mention behavioral prep
Cross offer at Bain / McK - I probably did like 5 cases live with someone and another 5-10 on my own?
You people are full of shit no one gets in Mckinsey without significant prep
Nope not bullshit. To be totally fair though, I'd done a bunch of case competitions over the world over the previous 3 years so if you count that, I'd probably invested 30 weekends in prep
I think there's definitely a thing with over preparing though - I've seen it when I run interviews at Bain.
^consultant 2, what do you mean there is definitely a thing with over prepping?
@OP speaking for BCG, literally the bottom performance tier on our rubric for cases is "uses canned frameworks" "does not fit framework to subtleties of the scenario" etc. like even lower than having a natural, organically created but flawed framework potentially. You see a lot of people who have practiced so much they're basically mentally on autopilot without realizing and try and force a unique case into a generic box rather than do a give and take with interviewer, be creative, and be adaptable
@OP totally agree with BCG1 - we're trying to test how you think, and when someone is clearly regurgitating Case in Point you can have literally zero confidence in anything except their ability to memorize something. If they're less prepared but have the mental horsepower, their answer will be less polished but their ability shows through and it's way more impressive overall
^thank you two & everyone else for the feedback. With that being said, what's the best way to get better at this more creative natural approach given all the material out there is studied by thousands of professionals?
OP, to answer your earlier question, I used the free materials on Victor Cheng's website.
^thanks strategy& and consultant, extremely helpful