How badly did I screw up this interview?

Think I've screwed up my chances and would be interested in peoples opinions.

I had an assessment day for a TMT focused M&A boutique yesterday in London. I passed the first round and went onto the second round with someone senior. He grilled me hard on my motivations and I gave pretty solid answers, as well as answering some technicals and gave a very strong answer for 'why us'. We spoke about a few tech deals and what I thought of them and I thought I gave pretty solid answers. He then asked me to name a European tech company that they hadn't worked with - my mind went blank and I couldn't think of anything and he said "it's fine we can move on" and asked something else.

HR said we'd hear by Tuesday/Wednesday (HR don't work Mondays) and it's killing me thinking about it. How badly have my chances have been affected from securing an offer?

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That really doesn't sound like a big deal. Try to relax and distract yourself from the waiting as difficult as that may be. I hope you get it.

 
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