Summer Business Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Business Analyst roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 114 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Summer Business Analyst according to 114 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 48%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Phone interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 4%
Other: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Santiago) in Jan 2012
Interview
The first step of the process involves a problem solving test sat at the Mckinsey London office. This is a one hour test with just under 30 questions involving qualitative and quantitative reasoning skills. No calculators allowed.
The second step were first round interviews which were two back to back interviews lasting about 45 minutes each with two consultants. The three main components of the interivew were personal experience interview, case study and some time at the end of the interview to ask questions about Mckinsey.
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Question 1
Personal experience interview section focuses mainly on one of the four major blocks that Mckinsey are looking for in consultants.
The Interviews, in both R1 and R2 were standard. Expect to have your PEI prepared and be case prepped. R1 was virtual and R2 was an in-person superday. Good Luck!
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Question 1
Tell me about a time when you set an ambitious goal and worked hard to achieve it.
Two 45 minute sessions, each started with 15 minutes of behavioral questions then a 30 minute case. The interviewers were very nice and walked me through when I got stuck. Overall pretty solid experience. Called me the next day to go over it and tell me why I didn't move on.
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Question 1
Questions are all on their website, mine was a question about a time I had a conflict on a team.
- Was very well organised and genuinely intellectually stimulating.
- Contrary to what you think, interviewers genuinely want to help you succeed and want you to show your best selves.
- Expenses were reimbursed and I came out of the interview genuinely wanting to work here. You get the impression that people here are talented but humble.
- I felt very taken care of as a candidate.
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Several case studies interview as well personal fit interviews. You can find most of the questions online.