In an MBB virtual case interview, is it acceptable to ask if a calculator or spreadsheet is allowed for any questions? I feel like we’re at the point where it’s wasting both our time assessing mental math capabilities.

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Unfortunately the mental math capability is exactly what they’re trying to assess, among other skills. So you’ll be explicitly asked not to use anything except pen and paper

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Recruiter told me (without me even asking) that i would be expected to do mental math during my interviews, so I dont think they believe its a waste of time

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Mental math 100%

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They are not going to ask you to integrate square root of sine inverse (x). It would probably be basic arithmetic.

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If you’re in a client meeting in person and the client asks you a question that requires you to compute the product of two numbers, you’d be expected to do so without reaching in your bag for a calculator pulling it out and punching in the numbers.

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