Fucked up the first of my mckinsey first round interview so bad. Couldn't do the math question and towards the end I was just breaking down. I still have another session of my first round interview on Thursday. Any advice on how I can salvage the situation? Many thanks

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Here’s my oversimplified view, you don’t know what your actual performance was and how you did across a bunch of things. You think you know you are doomed, but frankly you don’t know what you don’t know. Best path forward, crush your next case. Ironically, no matter how your last interview was, that will always be the best path forward.

I’ll throw in one last comment, you won’t overhaul your approach to casing in 2 days, so don’t try to be a hero. Get enough sleep, do what makes you feel calm and confident and see how it shapes up.

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Thanks everyone for the kind words and advice. Just wanna update that I got through to the final rounds! The feedback from the interviewers were that everything was good, except math but they think that it's more of a mental block when nervous instead of not being able to calculate or identify the approach. The interviewer has kindly asked HR to give me about 2 weeks before my next round or whenever I feel more ready with math. Sharing this to encourage the rest who are in the process! All the best and good luck everyone!

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Yeah!

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Yeah i had a sumilar provlem last year doubt you can. But they invite you back in 6 months

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Really they invite you back? Do you need to fully re apply

It’s not over until it’s over…and even then you’d get another chance in the future. Focus on your sleep and some watch some ex MBB consultants case each other on YouTube.

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Any particular channels or videos? I can't really find ones from people with actual consulting experience

Multiple first rounds??

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Not going to salvage IMO

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