Dinger to ask for how to best prepare for next round?

Interviewing for a buy-side role at the Associate level. Interview with an MD should be up next. I asked my last interviewer (director) for any tips or recommendations on how to best prepare for my interview with the MD. He basically said that I should be fine and this interview went great but his body language and tone had a remarkable shift after this question. I know, not a very appropriate question considering experience level. Curious if anyone thinks this is a potential ding.

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depends what the first round was, if it was something like a pickleback, I wouldn't switch to something stupid like a lemon drop or liquid cocaine, keep it going with the same thing. only exception is tequila. if you're taking shots of tequila without taste (patron) then feel free to go rip city on those things, but if it's the well tequila, I prepare for the next round by getting a cocktail and excusing myself to the bathroom, the last thing I want to do is continuously chug gasoline (warm cuervo most likely)

oh you meant a different kinda round, my bad

 

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Interviewing for a buy-side role at the Associate level. Interview with an MD should be up next. I asked my last interviewer (director) for any tips or recommendations on how to best prepare for my interview with the MD. He basically said that I should be fine and this interview went great but his body language and tone had a remarkable shift after this question. I know, not a very appropriate question considering experience level. Curious if anyone thinks this is a potential ding.

It’s not a ding to ask this question, but due to his body language and tone, maybe you weren’t a top candidate or it’s also possible that this is all in your perception of his body language and tone.

Maybe you’re fine.

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