I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in July 2011
Interview
First, candidates were pre-filtered by a on-campus writing test. It was straightforward. We only had to know how arithmetics should be applied in real life. Very usefull skill, by the way.
On-site interviewing process was pretty standard: 3 interviews with 3 senior consultants one by one. Every interview tested soft skills and hard skills. Hard skills is usually my strong side but not in that case. I cracked all cases OK but messed up with the numbers. Nevertheless, my leadership stories satisfied my interlocutors and some of them were really impressed.
After reject, I received a very valuable feedback from a consultant regarding my behavior on the interview. She advised me to apply a year later and it seemed like she really wanted me to do so.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You graduated from a very quantitative school, why do you do math so bad?
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
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Interview was a straightforward case study, and a McKinsey-specific Personal Experience Interview. This was difficult but I was able to prepare, so it was not too challenging after preparation. The team was very kind throughout the process and I was able to request information on the interview style ahead of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenge and how you overcame it?