Just bombed a case study because I got flustered and couldn’t calculate basic math on the spot. The interviewer tried to help me and then just gave up and said don’t bother 😭 feeling so dumb

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Thank you everyone for the kind words of encouragement. Update - I somehow made it to the next round!!

I wrote to the interviewer and thanked him for his time, took ownership of my fumble and shared an alternative approach I would have used if I had more time. He was super nice, said he understood my perspective, and even gave me tips for how to prep for the next round. So I have another shot!

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You're not dumb, you just had a bad day :<
It's okay to pout!! Not okay to give up!

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You are not alone! I bombed a case in an interview bc I got really confused with the numbers and the interviewer just kept repeating the question over and over again, getting progressively louder like I was an idiot. I didn’t know I had ADHD and dyslexia then. Turns out he was just yelling at someone with a disability.

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Really sorry to hear you had gone through that!

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You’re absolutely not alone in blowing a job interview because of getting frazzled by math so try not to be too hard on yourself. Channel that energy into coming up with and practicing some strategies for handling math pop-quizzes. Asking clarifying questions (good ones) is one approach to buy some time to breathe while the initial panic of being caught off guard passes. Another one is to slightly reframe it to an easier math problem such as using round numbers as an estimate or providing your answer as a number within a range. Again, these need to be appropriate to the situation and you might still be asked for a more specific answer but by then the initial panic should have passed and your rounding or range answer will help you come up with a reasonable answer even if it isn’t 100% on the money. This is actually a great skill to build because clients will put you on the spot too and giving solid definitive statements about numbers that haven’t been closely vetted ahead of time can go horribly wrong.

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I 100% relate to this.

I have been there. Don't feel dumb, you aren't. It happens to the best of us. Its easy to get flustered, especially when you have ADHD.

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Congrats OP for the next round! Are you interviewing for T2/MBB?

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