Messing up technical during interview
Hi all,
I recently went through a first round IB interview and did really solid in behaviourals and most technicals, except one pen and paper one related to EBITDA where I was only able to give part of the answer before one of the interviewers walked me through the rest. Was wondering from anyones previous experiences if they’ve ever gotten a second round after experiencing something similar or even worse. I know its out of my control now but was just curious about others experiences.
Thanks!
Think it depends on the difficulty of the question and your thought process. If you can at least talk through your thinking and how you got to what you got to then it can slide pending you did well on the others. It’s 50/50. Depends on the interviewer.
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If you did well on the other questions you still have a good chance. Was unable to answer one question during my first round, still got the offer.
Bump - would love to hear others’ opinions too
Recently went through this for FT recruiting. Absolutely bombed 1 technical but also got a 2nd one wrong (though my reasoning was just backwards thinking so easy fix). A couple days later I got the superday, and eventually an offer. I think it really depends on how you personally handled it. We’re you nervous? Did you stumble on your words? We’re you humble? etc. Sometimes they purposefully ask a question that they know you will fumble just to see how 1. you think and 2. how you react to opposition in high pressure situations
I think you’re fine if you delivered it well, answered other technicals flawlessly, and asked confirming questions on the difficult concept(s) following the explanation of the correct answer.
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