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McKinsey & Company interviews FAQs
BA applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for BA roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 BA according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 35%
Presentation: 18%
Other: 12%
Phone interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
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First round of interview is 2 back to back Behavioral + Case, and PST. Only one behavioral question with each interviewer. Didn't have much follow up questions. But seem to be different depending on interviewer. Very friendly, def not stressful one. case is okay, but have detailed maths.
Standardized 3-round interview, with multiple interviews in each round. The first one is a simple screening and the later two are behavioral + case interview. You can find every info and how to prepare for it on McK's official website. Nothing really surprised me during the interviews.
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (New York, NY)
Interview
phone screen, two 45 min case interviews. both interviewers not very personal, case interviews were quite challenging. complex graphs, wifi issues did not help the process. one was about shipping and freight, the other was about shipping and freight, the other was about EV ifnrastrcuture
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you spoke up against a team member
I went through two rounds of interviews, with a total of five interviews, and everyone was incredibly supportive and kind. I really enjoyed working through the variety of cases, especially the non-standard ones—they were challenging but also really engaging and interesting.