Associate applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 4.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Associate according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 19%
Personality test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 8%
Other: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Washington, DC) in Oct 2010
Interview
Problem solving test
Case studies (2 days of 3 interviews each)
Personal experience interview (2 days of 3 interviews each)
If you're an MBA, you may do a "Power Round" (all in 1 day on campus)
Fit is a huge part of the interview -- show you're enjoying the case and enjoy talking to the interviewer
Practice for the PEI -- as many people screw it up as mess up the case
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Always a case and a PEI
On the case, be structured, creative, and don't mess up the math!!
Practice the math -- I had math professors mess up the math in interviews because they hadn't practiced computation. It's just addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and basic algebra, but without a calculator and under pressure. Make sure you tie the math back to the case -- what is the data telling you
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