Can I do anything at this point to ensure I still get a final round? One of my cases was okay and the unconventional one was not great.
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Can I do anything at this point to ensure I still get a final round? One of my cases was okay and the unconventional one was not great.
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Hi,
at this point you can only wait for the HR response
Best,
Antonello
Hi Anonymous,
once the interview is over you cannot do much more than sending a thank-you note to the interviewer.
You can, however, understand the reason why the second case took you by surprise as preparation for the next interviews to try to improve on that - a way to do that could be to post the case in the Q&A to get feedback.
Best,
Francesco
Hi,
There is nothing you can do at this point.
However, these types of cases are actually pretty traditional, especially for McKinsey. The reason why people think that they are rare is that the casebooks (that are in general not a good source of cases) almost don't have them
Feel free to reach me if you need a prep on them.
To provide a bit of structure, there are several types of non-conventional cases:
Best
There is nothing you can do to change the assessment of the interview you have just completed. Only wait for the call of one of the interviewers with the feedback. What you can do though is prepare differently for the coming interviews.
Although there certain case types that are more common than others, every case has a unique situation to it and you should try to develop the skills to apporach each one with a taylored approach. By practicing to develop your case framework on the spot, specifically for the presented question, you can reduce the risk of running into another unconventional case that you have not practiced for before.
I know this sounds obvious, and you might have done that already, but I am surprised by how regular candidates use off-the-shelf frameworks in the interviews I conduct myself. These frameworks that you will find in all the common case interview prep books often only get you to 80% of the answer. If you're comfortable with this approach, there is simply no unconventional case anymore that could derail your interviews.
I hope this helps!
Unfortunately, no
Dear A,
There is nothing you can do here, until wait response from HR.
Best,
André
Hi,
do you mind sharing the case? Thankyou.