Research applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Research according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 13%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Group panel interview: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Singapore) in Oct 2012
Interview
Go through prepared questions which test on your basic skills of logic and math and if you pass it you go on to case studies interview which could be a few rounds of it. Every round is pretty similar and you just have to be ready and ask a lot of questions to the interviewer to get the information.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case studies on market analysis. How big is the market
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in Aug 2021
Interview
First you fill a online-form with you CV, cover letter and skill/motivaiton questions. If selected you do a phone interview. The next step is a video game test, in which you are tested while playing. Then you hvae 4 follow-up interviews with case studies to access critical and strategic thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me one time you had to go above and beyond to get the results you needed.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in Mar 2021
Interview
1. Bewerbung
2. Telefonische und danach elektronische Einladung zum Interview
3. Interview bestand aus zwei Runden:
3 Face to face interviews auf manager ebene; die Gespräche waren teilweise auf Englisch; klassische Fallstudien zum respektiven Bereich; angenehme Atmosphäre;
4. Letzte Interviewrunde auf englisch mit regional manager
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Biggest failure / why do you want to do this gap year
I applied online. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Seoul) in Jun 2019
Interview
Written Exam -> 1st round interview -> 2nd Round Interview
I didn't take PST surprisingly. The exam tested on your logic. You had 90miniutes to finish. If you had previously studied for Lsat, it would be Easy.