Hey there,

I totally understand your nerves, but you are already putting too much pressure on yourself. Victim of your own negative thinking! What happened in the past should be used as learning to avoid future mistakes. But not as a reference to worry about same thing happening again.

My advice will be to focus on preparing and giving your best & avoid worrying about things not in your control. Have you prepared holistically or are there gaps? If there are, fix those in the next week or ask for more time i.e. reschedule the interview. Leave the outcome to later. Whatever happens accept it gracefully. Most of us fall into trap- too much self created pressure, we fail to appreciate the opportunity and dont enjoy it. So be happy that you are being interviewed- so many people dont even get this chance. Try and enjoy it and good things will happen.

Good Luck!

Hi there,

My #1 recommendation is meet with a coach for 1 session. Get an assessment from an expert. They will tell you if you're ready or not (if not, they'll tell you what to work on).

In general, you need to solve the case in a reasonable time, drive towards insights effectively, not say things that show poor judgement/knowledge, take guidance/adjust where needed, and make minimal mistakes (some are ok).

Overall, they need to feel like you understood what was happening in the case, could handle analysis, and will be good to work with (coachable and personable).

Hello there!

The only thing to do in your situation is to calm down, though I understand it would be difficult. I'm sure that you worked at your performance based on the feedback you got last time, using your strong points and having improved or gained the weaker ones.

I see that you are fully motivated, so that is your driving force, use it. You are already the winner, you made it to the next round, congratulations!

It is ok to have doubts, everyone has them.

If you feel you need more time to polish your skills, you can reschedule the interview.
Another option is to take a session with a coach so that he can estimate your readiness.

Good luck!
GB

Hi,

The each firm has their own criteria to pass a candidate to the next round. It will be based on discussion of all interviewers in that round.

The bar also will really depends on many factor outside the internal standar - e.g. business situation, other candidates performance

Having said that, the only thing under your control is to prepare yourself as best as you can and don't worry much about the outcome. This kind of thinking will affect your and risk suboptimal performance.

Best,
Iman

Hi,

I see your point.

My main recommendation is to focus on your preparation at the best of your possibilities and then stop worrying about whether it is enough or not.

Candidates are rigorously assessed for their analytical skills, entrepreneurial spirti, and a lot of other variables that I think you are very well aware of. However, there are plenty of other variables that come into play when intervieweing from the most trivial (e.g. you were not shape that day) to the most unpredictable (e.g. changed recruiting needs for the company).

Stop worrying about what you cannot control, be prepared, and enjoy the process.

Best of luck.

Antonello

Hi,

The bar varies across the offices, geographies, business cycle, etc. It's also very subjective and a lot of things depend on how lucky you are with the interviewers.

I recommend switching to a productive mode, thinking instead of the following:

• Testing your FIT stories with consultants / ex consultants
• Doing as many cases as possible within the time left
• Go through the previous cases you've done trying to think of new / better approaches

Best

Hi Anonymous A, did you end up receiving an offer? 

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Hello!

BTH, I would try to earse this thoughts form your mind atm -I know how hard it is!!! :) -

Why? Simply since this will not help at all, not even if you knew the answers.

Focus on giving your 100%, since htat is what is in your hands.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara