Hi there, 

To be fair, your best bet is to ask for an extension. Claim personal / health reasons and buy yourself a couple more weeks. 

In the meantime, practice as much as possible. Aim ideally for cases which pertain for the industry. Work individually and with case partners. If you are willing to make the investment, work with coaches to accelerate the trajectory. 

Hi there,

Good on you for being proactive but also a valuable lesson learnt - be prepared for someone taking you up on it…

If the opportunity means something to you, invest some money and get a great coach! I don't see another way, because professional coaching is ultimately a huge time saver and you simply don't have time.

Alternatively, ask for the meeting to be rescheduled. This happens quite a lot and shouldn't be a huge problem. But don't tell them you're unprepared - that would seem a little odd considering your proactiveness up until this point. Maybe you conveniently get COVID or something…

Best of luck!

Hello!

My tip is clear: ask for more time. You only get one chance, and this interviews require prep. 

Talk kindly to HR, explain how important this is for you and hence how prepared you want to be, and they will understand. There is nothing to loose. 

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara

Hi there,

To be perfectly frank, you need to get a coach.

I have seen candidates get ready with a coach in a week (still tough, but do-able).

It is rare the individual who is able to get properly ramped up, on their own, in just a week…there's just so much to learn….and that's without you having no domain expertise!

If you can, I would also at least try to get the interview delayed.

Now, if you're really going the no coach route and interviewing in 7 days, you need to: case, case, case. Get reps in and read up on the topic (through the company website)

Good luck!

Would like to add that you can check out prep resources on the Roland Berger website. They have some very good practice cases.

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