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Not improving at case interviews?

Anonymous D

on Aug 15, 2018

Global

No more progress in case prep

Hi,

Last week I passed round 1 at McKinsey and now I’m prepping for final round. My feedback was very limited after my first round (which was “do not overcomplify calculations”).

Currently I have done about 35-40 mock interviews and the same amount of cases individually. I have listened all episodes of Victor Cheng’s LOMS.

Now I’m experiencing very little to no progress in my case prep anymore. Have I reached my best potential or would you recommend other actions to further prepare for final round interviews?

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