i put together a 6-week practice plan when i had two months before interviews and it saved me. week 1–2: basics and templates (issue trees, one-line syntheses), week 3–4: timed partner mocks with focused feedback (rotate roles: interviewer, interviewee, debriefer), week 5: pressure sims (20–30 min back-to-back), week 6: refinement and a public mock to get blunt critique. i logged one target metric each week (clarity of hypothesis, math accuracy, synthesis crispness) and tracked improvement. practicing with peers forced real-time recovery moves that solo drilling never does. how would you structure your last two weeks before interviews?
your plan is fine; most people screw up week 6 by softening. last two weeks should be full-speed, live mocks against people who will be honest, not cheerleaders. do successive mocks with 10-minute synthesis drills and immediate 3-minute debriefs that call out concrete mistakes. if your partner won’t be blunt, find someone else. softness in feedback equals softness in performance.
also: simulate the worst-case interview once — weird prompts, interruptions, weird interviewer comments. if you can survive that, you can survive most real interviews. the calm you build is real.
i’d use last 2 weeks for daily 30-min mocks and 5-min synthesis practice. consistency > quantity imo.
also add 1 day of silent mock where you only write the structure. helps clear thoughts.
love this plan—finish strong with focused, timed mocks and honest feedback. you’ll get there!
i did a similar six-week push and the turning point was swapping friendly partners for one brutally honest ex-consultant in week 5. their blunt debriefs exposed a habit i didn’t see: vague synths. fixing that in the last week made my final interviews feel sharper. moral: find one person who will make you uncomfortable before the real calls.
for me, alternating mock types in the last two weeks helped: one day fast 10-miners, next day long 30-min deep dives. the contrast trained both speed and depth and reduced panic during curveballs.
One practical trick: simulate time pressure by compressing a 30-minute case into two 12-minute sprints during practice; track which parts degrade most. Then prioritize those weak segments in your final week.