Hello,
I have had one of my final interviews yesterday with McK. After the interview, I started to suspect whether I had done a math error in a calculation. However, the interview went pretty smoothly and my interviewer did not point out to a mistake and he did not challenge my conclusion. If a candidate does a math mistake, do interviewers point out to it?
In my experience, interviewers will and do point out math mistakes - I know I do. Yes it is stressful, but how you respond is telling us a lot. It is often ok to make ONE math error btw, I probably did one in every single one of my interviews, ever. What is NOT ok is to make two math mistakes.
Based on this, I would venture you did not make a mistake in the interviews - and if you did, it may not have been very important so the interviewer elected to let you fly with it.
Hi,
It may be both. Or maybe he hasn't noticed the mistake himself. So just relax and keep fingers crossed.
Best
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
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:
