I was just completed my 1st round.
Doing great with the 1st interviewer, but just so-so with the 2nd one (somehow solved case in the end, but required more guidance from the interviewer)
Do I need to crack both cases perfectly so to enter the next round?
Just curious...
Hi Anonymous,
Since no one in this forum was part of the whole interview process, you can get a couple of speculative answers here - but reality will tell the outcome soon.
Cases are a major aspect of evaluation, but not the only one. If you did not outperform your competition on one of the cases, you need to have a very high score on the Personal Experience Interview part as well as general fit/CV.
In short: if all other components were very strong indeed, having one not-so-perfect case will still let you move to the next round. However, only your interviewers can assess this against hundreds of other applicants; from candidate perspective it's close to impossible to say since
a) you don't have direct comparison with your competition and
b) you don't therefore know the exact expectation level of your interviewers.
Hope this helps - if so, please be so kind to give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!
Robert
Yes, both cases need to be great for you to pass to second round.
Having said that, it's always difficult to judge your own performance. I've worked with many candidates that went out convinced they bombed the interview, but then got a call with an offer a day later. In fact, with one of the MBBs, this happened to me as well.
After all, once you've completed the interviews, it's pointless to speculate and get worried. Nothing you can do and impossible to predict the outcome accurately. The only thing you can do is wait for the call (and of course continue preparing for the interviews in the second round or with other companies).
Dear A!
Normally yes, but it's hard to estimate your performance in fact without being at the interview, so, I hope you'll proceed to the second round.
I wish you the best of luck!
Do you need any help with preparations to be on the safe side during your second round?
Best,
André
Hi there,
You don’t need to solve both cases perfectly. However as Kobi said, if one of the two cases was bad, you won’t move forward.
It is difficult to understand from the candidate point of view how the performance was – anyway at this stage you can just wait for results.
Good luck!
Francesco
Hi there,
In terms of whether you'll make it to the next round, unfortuantely we really can't say.
You don't technically need to ace both to move to the next round, but you do need to make a strong impression and give them reason to think you can do well at the company...if you exhibited this, they'll be willing to "test" you again in a second round!
Ultimately, nothing you can do but start preparing right now for the 2nd round!
Make sure to address any weaknesses you may have exhibited in the first round.
It's hard to say with limited context but there's also no such thing as 'solving a case perfectly' so I wouldn't overthink it. Requiring some guidance from your interviewer is completely ok too, especially if you were able to get through the case in the end.
Yes, you are being tested on your problem solving intrinsics but consulting is also a team sport where a perfect case interviews isn't necessarily one where the interviewer makes no intervention.
Fingers crossed!
One great case and one bad case wouldn't make it.
One great case and one average+ one can sometimes make it, depends on a few factors, one of which is which of the interviewer is more experience. Also, you can't always tell if you did well or not as it depnds on the difficulty level of the case and how the interviewer preceived your errors.
Hi Anonymous,
It is really hard to judge your performance fairly according to what you've told.
The things you should focus on: asking specific clarifying questions to present a good structure, driving the case using necessary information, making logical conclusions, and suggesting the next steps.
So in fact, there are several points that should be considered by making a final assessment of your performance. I would not say cracking both cases perfectly is a mandatory factor.
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GB
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