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Question

What happens if I prepare with some guy from MBB and next week I go on the interview and he/she is the one to interview me? Can it backfire?

Answer 1

Hi there!

I will give you the info I got from managers from top consulting firms.

Either through internal referral or actually helping you with cases, two things can happen:

1) The consultant or the HR are aware of your previous relationship (this applies more for internal referrals) and decide not to use that particular consultant to interview you;

2) The consultant actually interviews you. The interviewer doesn't gain anything by allowing you to move to the next round if you don't meet the standards. Either he will look bad because you're going to bomb the next round after he recommended you, or you end up working for the firm but are a poor employee - either scenario goes against his own interest.

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In conclusion, it can only backfire if you become too confident because you already met the interviewer before. Stay professional and do the case like you would do with any other interviewer.

Just my 2cents.

Answer 2

Hi there, Hope you are well and good job on preparing for 3 months already! I would suggest the following to maximi... (read entire answer)

Hi there, Hope you are well and good job on preparing for 3 months already! I would suggest the following to maximize your chances in the next 3 weeks: 1. Do not over-practice... (read entire answer)

Answer 3

You can definitely prepare and be ready for case interviews in 2 months. This is about the amount of time I had betwe... (read entire answer)

You can definitely prepare and be ready for case interviews in 2 months. This is about the amount of time I had between doing my first case and my first interview. However, it w... (read entire answer)

Answer 4

Hi there, Stating the somewhat obvious but there is no single strategy for these type of things but let me start by... (read entire answer)

Hi there, Stating the somewhat obvious but there is no single strategy for these type of things but let me start by framing how top-down and bottom-up works. Top-down starts... (read entire answer)