Associate applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 59 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 41 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Associate according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in Oct 2009
Interview
The written exam was very difficult and was followed by 2 break out sessions. The first was very collaborative and positive. The second interviewer was much less positive. Everything about her body language said, go away! felt like a stress test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We were asked about how to best promote a bourbon company that wanted to increase sales.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company
Interview
Website, online, teams meeting, in person meet up.
It was pretty straightforward and they knew what they were looking for. They had to do a couple of interviews to get a better understanding of my skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many army generals in the northern hemisphere?
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (London, England)
Interview
CV upload and then some basic numerical and logical reasoning skills. Computerised games to assess numerical skills. SOLVE questions. Psychometric tests and GMAT-style questions. Very simillar to BCG an Bain.
I applied through university. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Cambridge, MA)
Interview
they let you prep for cases and do what the book says. this is only a question of how hard you prepared. then they take the people one by one and repeat again and again. sometimes the people who give you interviews have been there for less time than 1 yr