Wishful thinking, but would doing well on the fit portion of an mbb interview, i.e. having a great conversation, out weigh minor mistakes on a case interview- interviewer had to guide a bit.

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Depends. Mistakes are actually not a huge deal. Having to guide a bit may be more so. We are looking for structured thinking and a plan; minor math mistakes are often forgivable but flailing around with no idea what to do is not.

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You’ll find out soon! Please report back :)

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I believe I was able to deconstruct what the interviewer wanted, but he would also prompt at certain things, i.e. “Whats your hypothesis”, and “you sure about that”, each time I would course correct and justify why his recommendations made sense to me and why my approach was less feasible.

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