Junior Associate applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Submitted CV online. Invited to take Problem Solving Test - similar to online examples. Invited to a case workshop to discuss interview format/case studies and then first round interview. First interviewer was not very friendly, second one was. Made some clumsy math mistakes, but perhaps was cut some slack since I don't have a math-oriented background. Interviews followed exact personal experience-case study-questions format as expected. Then invited to final round interview - overnight hotel stay. Dinner the night before with current BAs and JAs, 3 interviews the next day. I thought 2 went really well, 1 not quite as well. Got a call a few days later and didn't get an offer.
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Case study about an industry I wasn't familiar with.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Quito) in Jul 2026
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I applied via online from the website, then the next step was a response via e-mail to continue the process in their website, I had to solve different scenarios about resource managment, estimations, and talent managment.
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I remember a series of questions focused on knowing my behaviour in leading a time on a case scenario, balancing stakeholders, my team and the social aspect (the community) around the study
Didn't get to the interview stage so I can't say how the process is. Didn't get pass the game phase. Hopefully, next time, I'd be able to give a better experience.
2 Rounds of interview, PEI+ Case study. Final round is in person. PEI questions are easy, but the cases are very hard. Timeline took about 3 months between receiving the OT and Final round.
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Tell me a time you worked with people from different background