Said interviewers name wrong at the end
Interview was going well but at the end I said his name wrong. Am I cooked? Could be overthinking this.
Interview was going well but at the end I said his name wrong. Am I cooked? Could be overthinking this.
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If he mentioned it during the interview, then yeah you're cooked.
Was it just a pronunciation error or a whole different name though?
I combined both his first and last name together but he didn't mention it.
First, this thread does not matter. No matter what anybody here posts (including myself), it won't affect the outcome - you should not be spending your time worrying about something where you cannot change the outcome.
Second, nobody knows whether you're "cooked". I probably wouldn't care (could interpret it as lack of attention to detail but this is a stressful interaction and you might have misheard me - benefit of the doubt). Some interviewers might be sensitive or uptight about this kind of thing.
If everything else in the interview went outstandingly, you're probably fine. If you were borderline anyway, you're probably not.
Good luck either way.
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