How do you all keep track of numbers or when people start introducing their methodology without visuals?

I start tuning out as soon as I hear multiple numbers at once. The best way for me to pay attention and continue following along is to write things down, but people talk too fast. Delayed audio processing doesn't help either.

I've struggled with this during case interviews and IRL, so I'm starting to wonder if I'm even capable of consulting or anything to do with numbers. :/

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Hey. I also have difficulty with auditory processing so I get it. It's not a personal failing -- it's hard to think and respond when there is so much information to process. Throwing it out there and open to others' thoughts - can you request the numbers beforehand, if you know that's part of the interview? You're not getting an "upper hand" then since you're not getting the context of the data until the interview. I don't have case studies but I practice what questions I may get, and think out loud when I don't immediately know the answer to something.

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Well, now that I think about it, maybe I struggle to hear or recall numbers because maybe I start panicking, engaging in negative self-talk, or thinking I can't do it instead of just focusing on the task at hand. Idk.

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