I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company in Feb 2022
Interview
Pretty standard MBB consulting interview with case study and FIT questions. The goal of the interviewers is to see whether they would be comfortable to take you in front of the clients, therefore, some questions are aimed to throw you off and surprise you.
Recruiter screen followed by series of case and behavioral (PEI) interviews. Cases are hypothetical client problems where you are asked to create a structure to break down the problem and then analyze data, graph, numbers, often requiring mental math to generate hypotheses and develop a recommendation.
In depth casing with multiple people over the course a few rounds. Masterthecase.com is good prep or the book by Victor Chang. There's also a personal aspect called the PEI interview that is very time in depth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you increase the revenue of a fashion store?
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Washington, DC)
Interview
The first round interview included both a behavioral question and a case. The final round interviews involved three interviews, all three with both behavioral and case. The interviewers tended to be really nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you handled a tough situation.
Senior Business Analyst 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 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Business Analyst roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Senior Business Analyst according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 5%
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