@faded-polaroid6820 hours ago
This feels stronger if you say what strategy work you already liked and what was still missing.
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@ordinary_byte20 hours agoUnited States
What should I do if the interviewer pushes back on my recommendation even though my analysis supports it?
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I'm recruiting for McKinsey from a US MBA program. In case mocks, I sometimes give a recommendation that follows my analysis, but the interviewer challenges it anyway. Should I defend the answer, change it, or treat the pushback as a signal that I missed something?
@marble-camera71420 hours ago
ngl I like problem solving is probably too generic for someone who already did strategy before the MBA.
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