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Interviewed and no offer |
| Message Name: |
Not education dependent |
| Date Posted: |
02/15/2006 |
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Recently I completely my powerday for a BA position in C1. My Behav. Interviews went well and my cases went well too. I got stuck at few places during both the cases but I surely got the right answer in the end with a little help from the interviewer.
Anyway it so happens that I wasn't given an offer in the end. 70% of the other interviewees I met all had MBAs and I don't. Is it possible that I was in a group of extra qualified people on my powerday and unlucky about that? I know some of my friends with Engg backgrounds who got in C1, not having done the cases or BI's all that well. So maybe they were lucky that their group similar ppl with similar Engg background or their interviewers were good.
Anyway I just wanted to gather some opinion on this as I was utterly dejected that I didn't get an offer even though I did well. My recruiter also advised me to reapply 2nd time. How many ppl do that and is it a good idea???
For the time being I think its me and my jack daniels for a while !!
Stuart |
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I don't think having an MBA is a big asset in our cases - sometimes it is a deterence if they try and force fit an approach from school to a case. I don't think you would have been overly hurt by going against qualified people. I have rarely seen the situation where we want to hire someone but don't have a role for them - if you pass the cases and seem like a good fit we may not give you an offer right away but i doubt we would straight out reject you.
As for "finishing" the cases - it is pretty hard for the interviewer to know where the case is supposed to end. For example when I case there are probably 4 different spots where I could cleanly wrap up my cases without the candidate knowing. If I wrap up at part 1 or 2 they probably failed, but if they make it beyond that they have a great chance at passing. Other interviewers have their own style too.
Not sure if this is what you wanted to hear.
As for trying again - it is definitely worth a shot but you can't reapply for 6 months and you have to do all the tests all over.
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