So I did a case study for EY consulting and totally bombed it. It was outside my professional skill set and I spent a lot of time googling stuff. I didn't even actually finish it. So of course I've gotten the rejection email and I'm wondering - should I ask them what the answers should have been so I can figure out exactly where I went wrong (and gain new skills) or is it a lost cause?

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Was the case study related to the job description?

I’ve always found case studies to be more about the approach then the answer. in my experience, being a great consultant is understanding the problem and taking a tactical approach to figure out the solution for your client. you’re not expected to know everything- but you should be able to frame the problem and come up with a tactical approach to figure out the solution

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All my professional life I've been in real estate valuation. The case study was more business valuation in which I have no experience. Many of them methods of valuing a business I understand on as broader more meta level but to be honest I'd worried never seen/heard of half the stuff in the case study is was so rusty because I haven't seen it in years. I did they best i could googling everything whole also trying to move ahead in the case study but to do this well I'd have needed at least another day to work on it.

Wish that said I think I can do this with more exposure, practice. Though now with the economy trending downward no one will probably want to take the risk...

I mean try, but I doubt they'll send you the answers. Also if it's out of your wheel house, they were probably looking for how you asked questions

They didn't allow questions about the material. My questions would have been more asking the lines of, "What is this?" and "How do I do this?"

Actually, someone, a manager in the group I did the case study for, looked at my LinkedIn profile a few days ago. Perhaps they reviewed my case. Should I reach out to them?

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