Have an offer to interview at MBB but am simply not ready as haven’t had any practice fir case interviews and still super shaky on my structuring. Should I try to delay or confront the inevitable?

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I would delay. I took an interview when I wasn’t ready, in hindsight I should’ve delayed and practiced

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Delay it. I’ve stretched it out like three months due to work and family reasons and I’ve found enough pockets of time to get proficient at casing.

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You can only case so much and prepare so much, imo. As a SM, I think you should be fine with some prep assuming you are not new to management consulting.

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