I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Bengaluru) in Mar 2022
Interview
Hiring process covers mostly five rounds of interview out of which, 2 are technical, 2 Behavioural and 1 Managerial.
The process may vary from expertise and role perspective.
Interview process was really critical and covered various tricky questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you best describe yourself with your strengths
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Lisbon, Lisbon District) in Jan 2025
Interview
DP Problem solving medium level leetcode hackerrank style
discussing everything like straightforward solution and optimization and what we can do here, interview overall experience was good
then some interviews like IQ
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain for me how to find paths from 0,0 index to N-1 AND M-1
I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Noida) in Jan 2025
Interview
I applied for Full stack role : They have the coding round on HR, in which a backend application was asked to develop and a movie booking app was asked to build in a limited time. If I would had some more time would have been possible to run many test cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Backend API's using node.js, Frontend App using react.js
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company
Interview
Overall process took ~1 month to complete and consisted of 6 stages. A test coding challenge was also included in the process.
The interviews are covering both technical and general professional experience. They are focusing mostly on getting to know your professional profile and attitude to work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how you understand the difference of working in product company vs consulting company.