I bombed my second round McKinsey interview and I’m embarrassed but I did my best idk

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Did they pull the “Sell me this Oxy” exercise on you? It’s the new rendition of “Sell me this pen.”

I couldn’t resist McK’s. Sorry. 😂

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I did well on 8 McKinsey interviews, messed up the 9th one with the internal client i’d be supporting, did well on the 10th and 11th interviews. Didn’t get the job. 10/11 people loved me. But that 11th person was the difference

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Wow

A case interview doesn’t define you… f’em. Just remember you aren’t even going in solo, so this case stuff is just to weed out others that don’t have the prior prep!

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Then that’s all you can ask of yourself is doing your best. Good for you for doing that. Don’t worry OP I am sure it will all work out

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OOF

You did your best OP! Sometimes it’s just not meant to be.

This is def not helpful 😂

It is not the end-all of careers or job (and am happy here). Lots of good/great companies and roles out there.

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