Missing one technical?

Missed one technical on an interview question earlier today (but answered the other ones correctly and cohesively.) Is this enough to knock me out of the running for a IB SA spot?

Context: Clicked really well with the interviewer and I've networked with a dozen people at this bank, all of my interactions with folks at the bank have been positive. During networking calls I've been able to demonstrate understanding of far more difficult technical questions. Really like these folks and would love to work with them.

The question: The question was the $X increase in depreciation question; I correctly named all of the accounts it impacted but I accidentally used the decrease in net income instead of the new income as it flowed through the three statements. By the time I got to the balance sheet, I had corrected myself and reconciled the chg. in cash & PPE with the change in retained earnings, but the beginning of the answer was v sloppy. 

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