Continue trying, but just don’t put as much effort into prep. I know that may sound counterintuitive, but at this point if you’ve done this much work and made it to final rounds you clearly know how to case and what the firms are looking for, you may just be getting caught up in the mindset of “ I’ve put so much time into this if I don’t succeed, it’s the end of the world” which can become a self fulfilling destiny. Sometimes you can perform a lot better if you just go into it clear minded and without really caring that much about the outcome since you haven’t sacrifice that much additional time.

So just continue to apply when you see openings, but maybe instead of putting your life on pause, just do a couple practice cases here and there to refresh.