I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Chennai) in Mar 2015
Interview
1) CV short-listing: 26 short-listed
2) Case Study round-written: 26 questions to be solved in 60 mins. Prepare from the practice test given on the website. Need to use only logic and common-sense. (10 short-listed)
3) HR+Technical Interview: Technical interview based on analytics and algorithms. Very basic algorithm questions. Again need to use only the logic. (6 short-listed)
4) Video-conference Interview from MCKC Gurgaon (guess-estimate): Learn some common facts and watch some videos on YouTube to get an idea of how to solve these type of questions. (4 short-listed)
5) Video-conference Interview from MCKC Gurgaon (HR+CV based): Behavioural questions mostly and some questions on projects that you have undertaken in the past. (no short-listing)
6) Fitting Interview: Final Interview to understand your knowledge of job profile and how you fit into the firm. Few technical and HR questions too. (only 1 selected in the end)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many e-mails are sent in a day all over the world?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Bengaluru) in Oct 2023
Interview
1 online test, 1 technical, 2 behavioral, 1 Situational, VP round. I had 6 rounds and process went for 2 months. And at last I have not received any feedback from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of a time you faced a conflict with a coworker/Manager/Senior. How did you handle that?
I applied online. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (San Jose, San Jose) in Jul 2022
Interview
It was good, the only problem is that the questions of the programming test are not related to with data analysis field. Also, you don't have a lot of time to finish the test and there are a lot of questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Athens, Athens, Attica) in Jun 2021
Interview
Two sets of interviews. They included personal experiences (talked about 1-2) and the case study part (confidential). Topics included mostly how to increase revenue. Interviews followed the typical McKinsey interview style.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical McKinsey style. This is confidential information.