I had an interview today and I was asked to estimate market size for delivery service in dollar terms in thailand.
I started with a supply side approach, checked with the interviewer if my approach was sound. I was struggling to drive the case so she had to steer me back towards demand side approach. Eventually I could come up with my own structure from demand side and successfully sense checked my numbers to find that it was an overestimation.
Is this bad? will I be failed?
Hi there,
We honestly have no idea! You just have to wait and see. It's not just about the exact answer you gave, but how you handled yourself, how well you adjusted, and how well you did on the case + fit as well!
That said, it's not “good” that you went supply side…that approach doesn't make sense! The fact that you appropriately pivoted and re-adjusted though is “good”
Hi!
It's very hard to tell from this little context.
Interviewers will assess you thoroughly, so it depends on how you performed in the rest of the interview.
Hope this helps.
Good luck,
Anto
So you did a mistake… that happens. But knowing how to recover from mistakes is as important as knowing how to recover from them. This happens in real life projects. We try one approach and suddently realized it doesnt work and we try something completely different.
So it's not necessarily a fail - if you handled it smoothly / were able to quickly get back again on your feet. Hope this was the case.
