To HBS admits - any of you thought you didn’t interview well but managed to salvage through the post-interview reflection essay?

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I left my interview feeling like it didn’t go well overall. I was totally stumped on one question to the point where I just said “you know I don’t actually know that but I’ll have to look into it” and then brought that into my post interview reflection. Ended up with an admittance. Can’t know for sure it was the post interview reflection but I am sure it helped. Just be thoughtful with it!

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Impressed that your interviewer even knew about that. Solid background research...

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To build on this: do signs of a good or bad interview exist? Or are the bad ones just clearly being unable to answer or articulate responses?

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M1 yeah it is common for me 🥲😂

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