Good day

In my experience as a recruiter for the past 10 years, I generally do not point out the mistakes of candidates in the interview to avoid contributing to what already may be a stressful situation for some.

The purpose of the interviews is an information gathering exercise for both parties and evaluation for the job.

The feedback is usually not instant with interviews.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

Arshad Sheik

Hi,

It may be both. Or maybe he hasn't noticed the mistake himself. So just relax and keep fingers crossed.

Best

During the interviews that I gave, I would highlight this. There is a relatively small chance than an interviewer does not see a math mistake (especially since they have run those numbers during hundreds of interviews). However, mistakes are also part of your normal job as a consultant the key thing is whether the interviewee can spot his own mistakes, however if he didn't how does he continue after a mistake (does he spot similar mistakes in the rest of the assignment / does he get nervous etc)

What I would recommend is the following during math questions:

• Think out loud and show the math steps that you are taking
• Use short-cuts when writing down your numbers. I see many interviewees write 2,000,000 * 140 = 280,000,000. This is confusing for your self and takes a long time
  • Instead try: 2*10^6 * 14*10^1, which simplifies the calcs you need to do: (A) 2*14= 28; (B) 6+1= 10^7; So COMBINED: 28 * 10^7
• Lastly, always do a sanity check
  • If you have a cost of 700k per year with a revenue of 100mm, always sanity check if you haven't made a mistake. Those kind of differences indicate that you might have made a mistake with a 0. Spotting such an error during your interview gives great confidence to the interviewer that you would be able to spot your mistakes rather than blindly presenting figures to your manager or client