I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2024
Interview
Quite a difficult, strenuous, and laborious process which makes sense for a company with this kind of prestige and quality. There are two rounds. The first round is 2 back-to-back interviews with Analysts/Senior Business Analysts. If you do move on to the second round it is three back-to-back interviews with Partners/Senior Partners. Each interview (in both rounds) is 20 mins of behavioral (you can find the EXACT PEI questions on their website) and 30 mins of case- could be anything i.e market entry, operations, growth, investment (must be a good caser and have unique insights). The process will take 2-3 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a time when you worked with someone who had a opposing opinion.
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.
The recruiter was great! 2 rounds of 5 interviews, first was 2 associates, second was 3 partners. My first round, the interviewers spoke absolutely broken English and made it extremely difficult to understand what they are trying to say. My second interviewer was extremely rude as well. Honestly comes down to who interviews you and the case selection that will determine your fate