Associate 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 75 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 47 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Associate according to 75 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Moscow, Moskva) in Nov 2013
Interview
I've passed a PST and in 2 weeks was invited on interview with 3 engagement managers.
Every manager asks one typical question on your past experience (like "describe situation when you persuaded someone") and then gives a case. Cases are structured in the same way as samples on McK website.
Every interview took 30-60 minutes and was in Russian.
They give feed back after the last interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give a recommendation on sales increase strategy for market leader
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