I had a Bain interview today. My first case study went great - interviewer said excellent framework and that I did a great job (unprompted). Second case however… I think my structure was good and initial chart reading fine, but I took a while for the maths before I finally asked if I could round.

Then for a follow up maths question, I had the right logic, but made a calculation error. The interviewer directed me another way and I managed, but can’t help but feel it’s over

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Just got off the phone with Mr. Bain. You’re going to want to sit down for this ..

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Brother please

No way to know. You can get by with math mistakes if the rest of the case was good. If the interviewer liked you it can help a ton.

Good luck!

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Do both cases get evaluated in isolation or can a good performance in one mitigate an average performance in another?

What do you think fishies, am I doomed

I bombed a math problem too

Was it candidate led?

Interviewer led

Well what was the outcome?

Thanks!

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