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What are typical reasons why you reject interviewees?

What are some common mistakes you've seen candidates make in case studies?

Especially at later stage interviews.

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Vlad
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on Aug 17, 2018
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

The most common and critical mistakes are:

1) Not clarifying / asking the details of the business model in the beginning

2) Not clarifying / quantifying objectives in the beginning

3) Using common frameworks and not adapting them to the case specifics

4) Not digging deep into the root causes of a problem and switching to other parts of your framework

5) Getting some data and not applying it (i.e. you should compare with previous periods / benchmarks / breakdown further into segments)

6) Slow math / math with mistakes / not stating clearly what you are trying to calculate and why

7) Providing a strong conclusion having limited data

8) !!! spending a lot of time on cases, having no fit interview practice

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on Aug 20, 2018

Hi Kay,

thank you for asking your question! 

We're happy to see that you are tapping the full potential of our Consulting Q&A! 

If you haven't already, you may also want to check out the following threads on common mistakes candidates make in case studies: 

What are common mistakes you make in case studies?

What are typical reasons why you reject interviewees?

Keep up the great prep and best of luck for your upcoming interviews!

Astrid

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