McKinsey & Company Bain & Company Offers from two firms and interviews upcoming at two more but still do not feel ready. Did anyone actually feel ready before their MBB case interviews? McKinsey & Company Deloitte Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group

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“Feeling ready” is a myth

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Yup. There’s always more you can do, so you’ll never feel ready. Imo a better measure is whether you feel somewhat prepared / not completely fucked (if you do feel completely fucked then you should probably find a way to postpone).

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Yes I felt slightly ready but was still nervous. I come from a non-MBA background so to me this meant I needed a lot of practice. About 4 months and 100 cases. Don’t underestimate the PEI. What role are you interviewing for?

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Thanks. Interviewing for associate role

Remember, case interviews aren't designed to have a single answer and you either pass or fail. It's designed to understand how you analyze information and ideate to see if you have qualities we can coach and develop further. Come in believing in everything you e accomplished, you made it this far so it is without question, and you will do fine.

The problem isn't the interview, it's an educational system designed around testing, curves and grades which is misaligned with professional environments.

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This 110%

I’m so glad Deloitte was tagged lol. I hate it when we are

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Thanks all. Did anyone have a 100% pass rate on their practices (ie all case prep partners said you would pass) going into interviews?

I’m having something like 80% say I would pass the first round and 20% are not.

I’m starting to think that no matter how many cases I do, some people will still say during practices that they won’t pass me even if most do.

Did others have this experience?

Did anyone get mostly positive but some OK or mixed feedback from case practice partners in the weeks before the interviews and still pass them?

I got mostly good feedback except from 1 partner who went on for literally 20 minutes about everything I did wrong. He was sure he knew everything about getting into MBB, to the point where he only applied to McKinsey. I looked him up on LinkedIn recently - doesn’t look like he got in since he isn’t working in consulting.

So, that is to say, YMMV and the opinion of random people who haven’t worked at the firms you’re interviewing at isn’t necessarily correct.

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