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Prepare!
I’ve done McK final rounds for years and seen great people be turned down as they were relying on ‘from the hip’ strength. For those with that historical success model, it’s risky! Good chance you will not come up with your very best stories in real time. Nervousness is part of why!
Instead, put down headlines to 10-15 of your very best impact stories, then pick 4-5 to flesh out in a paragraph. 6-8 written sentences is enough. Agonize over these written summaries. This will help burn them into your mind. It’s not to memorize lines, it’s to have the best of you ready, and not take the risk of some lesser story coming out. And it’s to be sharp on a concise version, with powerful words and phrasing thought through (again, but not ‘lines’). Then let the interviewer probe, don’t go beyond that detail initially. A good story will draw out questions.
For the case, practice the first 3-5 minutes, when you lay out your problem-solving pathway for yourself AND for your interviewer. That’s make-or-break.
Lastly, practice some long-hand math, be ready to do that to guarantee you don’t make on-the-fly math mistakes. That’s the other big case make-or-break, which also yields to practice.
Prepare! Then go get ‘em. See you on a Zoom call soon!
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Rent a hotel room, wear a suit, and treat it like a real interview.
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Dialing in from the four seasons
Show your personality in the small talk before the PEI/Case and throw out a creative idea in the “how would you respond” case question. Since you’re on Zoom, over emote. Then win. Good luck.
Obviously...that’s a given.
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Remember to breathe and do something fun the night before!