Business Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Analyst roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 989 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 Business Analyst according to 989 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Skills test: 17%
Phone interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 6%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in Apr 2010
Interview
There were 3 rounds of interviews (I made it to the second):
1) Case interview (30-45 mins) - The first round was a straight case interview done over the phone. It was fairly straight forward profitability case conducted by a McKinsey alumnus.
2) In Office: This had two parts, 2 1:1 interviews, consisting of both personal experience and case questions, and a written problem solving test.
- Interviews - the interviewers were both very easy to talk to and made the interview pretty comfortable. Experience questions deal with team work and leadership. Be prepared to go into pretty deep detail with whatever story you choose. They will want to know about exact conversations and outcomes. The case questions were similar to the phone interview. Preparation is key. You need to be organized in your thoughts and presentation. Case in Point is a great book to get you started, but the best way to prep is to work with a partner.
- Problem Solving Test - You get an hour to complete a 26 question test with about 4 different cases and several questions pertaining to each. The biggest issue with this is timing. There is a practice test on McKinsey's website that is a shortened version of what you will see.
3) I didn't make it to the third, but it would be more of the same in office interviews.
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2 interviews back-to-back in-person. Cases weren't super hard but you definitely need to prepare a lot beforehand to navigate the curveballs and be able to function under high stress. Expect difficult industries and focus on PEI which is half as important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenge situation that you faced in detail (expect to be interruped because they will go deep into the story, make it memorable and interesting)
Ofrece muchos recursos a tu disponibilidad para preparar las entrevistas como reuniones online para explicar el proceso, y grupos de ayuda. El proceso es largo, pero lo merece para pertenecer a esta empresa.
Gave assessment. Waiting 1st round. But, here the assessment and resume are scored together to reach next round. Might take 1-3 weeks for invite. Assessment has only 20% - 30% weightage.