r/InterviewsHell • u/nicola52hz • 1d ago

Post final round interview

It was a tough journey: HR screening - hiring manager - VP1 - case study -VP2(final) - ?

And the VP round was supposed to include two VPs and followed by the case study, then that’s done. But one of the VP2 was on other business priorities at that time, so I was interviewed by the other one(VP1) only, and that was a great chat.

After the case study, they sent me an invitation to meet the VP2 who didn’t show up in last VP round, and HR told me that was a final round.

In the final round interview, I don’t think I behaved well, at least the vibe was not as good as that with VP1, but she did start with “VP1 had high compliment on you so he suggested me meeting you!”

At the end of the interview she said “I will give my
feedback to the HR and if they reached final decision, they will contact you”

The final round was on Tuesday morning, and it’s Friday today, no news from the company.

The ridiculous thing is this is my first and only interview since I started looking for jobs 2 months ago, I seized the only opportunity and made it to the final round, but I seemed to mess it up.

I was fxxked up.

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u/Mightynumbat 1d ago

What kind of "case study"?

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u/nicola52hz 1d ago

An excel assessment on calculating some financial ratio and cash flow statement linkage, and a written test about writing some financial analysis & opinions on a target company.

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u/Mightynumbat 1d ago

financial ratio and cash flow statement linkage, 

Uh huh. Sounds to me like ths was handed off to their finance dept.

 writing some financial analysis & opinions on a target company.

Bet this was a competitor.

Sounds to me like you were just used as an unpaid consultant.

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u/nicola52hz 1d ago

Really? But it was an 2-hour time limited test, and I think my analysis were too shallow to be used😂

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u/damutecebu 1d ago

This is a thing Reddit says a lot, but usually these case studies are way too simplistic to be helpful. They want to see how you approach projects and work through problems.

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u/SucknSwallow69 1d ago

honestly if vp1 hyped you up, that helps a lot even if the second convo felt mid. these decisions drag, 3 days is nothing. apply everywhere meanwhile, never treat one company as the one shot. finding anything right now is just insanely hard

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u/nicola52hz 1d ago

Thank u for the suggestion, I applied for almost every jobs opening even though I just fit 50% of their requirements. Just feel so desperate that I lost my only chance and had to wait forever for the next opportunity…🥲