Is solving case enough to pass?
What exactly is meant by "acing a case"? Especially for the first round for MBB, are you likely to advance to second rounds if you correctly solve the case within the time limit, even with some time to spare? Or does it have to be solved perfectly, with no guidance from the interviewer and no mistakes whatsoever? This is assuming everything else such as the fit portion goes well. Usually how forgiving are they in first rounds if you did indeed "crack the case" compared to second round interviews?
It's more about the structure of your analytical abilities on how you came to your answer than "cracking" the case.
Not really, at least from my experience. Even if you get a different answer that is not necessarily wrong. They are more looking for 1) your thought process and structure to make sure that you are thinking about it logically and that you don't get nervous under pressure and 2) they want to see if you are enjoyable to work with as you will be spending long hours with them when working on real clients and cases.
Also the behavioral portion should not be discounted. This is extremely important too as it gives insight into the type of person you are and again if they would want to spend long amounts of time with you either at work or outside of work.
Hope this helped.
They also will try to speed you along so you "finish" the case in the allotted time -- i.e. you might still "finish" but only because they gave you information that you were taking too long to ask for, while another candidate knew to ask for it right away.
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