Hello!
I very unexpectedly got an invitation for a deal advisory internship in just 2 days. I am overwhelmed by how to prepare properly in such short time so any advice would be highly appreciated.
Best!
Hi there!
You have two options:
1. Accelerate - which means basically make the best out of the little time you have available. Statistically, getting a coach is your best chance here.
2. Postpone - move the interview to a later time. You can tell them that you are unable to do the date that they suggested for personal or professional reasons. Then you need to accelerate anyway :) because most likely they're going to schedule the interview in 1-2 weeks, which is also not a huge timeline.
Sharing with you some key readings about the prep process:
Best,
Cristian
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Hello,
Two good suggestions (also made by others here) would be to work with a coach, and/or to ask to postpone the interview - given the timing of the invitation, it's totally reasonable at least to ask.
Aside from that, if you do have to prep by yourself in two days, I would do the following:
Honestly? Get a coach.
Last minute preparation (2 days) is a nightmare to do. The odds of success here without having done any prep before are very very low.
Additional advice: ask them to delay the interview
Here's some crash course reading:
https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/pitfalls-case-interview-preparation
https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/how-to-shift-your-mindset-to-ace-the-case
https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/dos-and-donts-in-a-case-interview
https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/candidate-led-cases-what-to-expect-and-example-cases
Hi,
If you've managed to push out your interview as the other coaches have suggested - I'm happy to share abit more perspective having worked in PE/M&A work at BCG - just drop me a dm
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