What makes you fail and discount someone during a case interview? I.e: eloquent, professional, experienced, & personable. Are managers really willing to disregard all of it for a case? Just curious

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When we interview, we consider communication style and coachability as much as raw analytical ability

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Case is a dimension.. If they do poorly on just that one dimension,and seem coachable, I might say 👍. Two or more dimensions would be problematic. Only a misfit on values would be a dealbreaker for me.

It’s a holistic thing, for me. Indeed, if someone is eloquent , professional etc that can actually cloud your assessment of their skills.

‘Soft skills’ such as confidence and rapidly building a connection with someone are much more commonly possessed by those who benefited from a privileged upbringing, so I try to focus on what they have actually said as their answer. I don’t care about the math that much at all; I want to hear their business acumen and problem solving approach. Would their idea make the client roll their eyes, is a key one. So “I would see if they could raise prices” would be a straight fail unless they had more to say on the subject such as knowledge of the market or a proposal for finding out more about it.

completely agree with M1, raw ability is most important in recruiting out of schools.

there are lots of people at all firms that did not grow up middle class, but it's not always something that people want to share.

a few that are big dings for me:
-not coachable
-ignore direction to move on
-can't set up the quantitative analysis
-fight when I tell them that something isn't right

some that are not automatic dings, but usually mean that they're going to commit one of the big ones anyway:
-recap of the case is word for word what I told them, there is no synthesis and insight
-summary only includes the last piece of the case and leaves out the prior pieces.

Came here because I’m curious, too.

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