Do you think I can make it to the next round ?

[zlatancrew]

Hi

I had third round telephone interview last thursday with BB (MS, GS, JP) for quant internship and I made a terrible calculation mistake at the last question.
The question was to tell what is the most probable outcome after throwing 6 Times in a row a coin with P(HEAD)=0.3. i did well until I calculated 6 chose 3 = 20 but i said 60 !! How could i do that !!? The interviewer didnt point out my mistake and thus I got a wrong answer. The rest of the interview happened very well but there were not too many questions.
I would say I have almost 0 chances to make it to the nest round....

What would you say regardîng your expérience as an interviewee or an interviewer ?

 

[IntoDarkness]

does it even matter?

 

[zlatancrew]

Yes it could matter I think.

It would be nice to know if such a mistake could sometime not involve a straight rejection.
I am aware that in a quant interview such questions are asked to test the candidate "resistance to stress", if he can do correct calculations etc...

Considering it was my third round interview and I did well during the rest of the interview. But well....

 

[Johan KJ]

Take it easy. Do not spend your time worrying about something you can't do anything about. No one except the interviewer knows whether you are in or out.