Missing a hint - would this be a problem?

Just to add a few thoughts:

1. No interview is 100% perfect. It is actually not possible. You have limited time, and you cannot cover every possible aspect or idea. Actually you shouldn't. This is about being 80-20%, not 100-0%. So missing something is not necessaily an issue
2. There are multiple potential good approaches for the same problem. Sometimes you even have a good approach that doesn't work on the specific case (e.g. because of limited information), but the interviewer will acknowledge that. 
3. We ask “what else” the whole time. It may be because you didn't have many ideas. It may be to push you a little bit more so you hit the one relevant thing you've missed. It may be because we're seeing how you react. It's not a bad sign by itself
4. Just make sure your approaches are customized to the specific problem. If you have two similar approaches for two different problems, you are probably using something too generic and need to review how you are approaching cases.
    

Good luck for the interviews,

Pedro

Hi Anon,

on your main, and first, question: You are totally fine. This is NOT a red flag, or serious issue. If you did well throughout the interview, this will not be an obstacle and you will get the offer.

Best

Stephan

Hi there, 

from what you write, I wouldn't say there is anything to red flag actually it seems the opposite, the interviewer followed you and agreed with the solution. 

"What else" or similar types of questions are usual way of asking, if you would go completely off track the interviewer does send hints to you with more questions than that question. 

 To just share my story, during the 4th interview with the most senior Partner I did only half of the case (I was given less time) and I recommended solution NO (there was only YES or NO option) while in the real case the answer was YES and I still got my offer…. the evaluation criteria are complex and whatever result you will get, always ask for feedback, what are the areas of improvement (you can request it from the 1st round of interview).

Wishing you all the best!

Lucie

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Hi there,

So, ultimately, we really have no idea as we were not in the room with you.

However, it sounds like you did well. Not identifying every single brainstorming is not an issue, unless it was very obvious and they gave multiple hints. Ultimately, they may have just been trying to see how well you did when being asked to think further.

Fingers crossed for you!