I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Rome) in Feb 2024
Interview
una volta passata la fase di scrematura dei Cv e superato il test attitudinale, si svolge la fase chiamata "behavioral interview", la quale consiste in domande per capire come ci si è comportati in determinati momenti della propria vita e carriera, specialmente in dinamiche di gruppo.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
D: racconta un episodio in cui, lavorando in gruppo, non siete riusciti a trovare un accordo comune su una decisione da prendere e come hai gestito tale situazione.
Very smooth process. The recruiter was super helpful. Very standard cases and pei was not random at all. Overall I enjoyed my experience and highly recommended applying. Interviews consist of case and pei.
I applied online. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (San Francisco, CA) in May 2026
Interview
Fast, and math questions had many surfaces, so took a while to solve but the interviewers were incredibly nice to help. Charts were not as clear, had a lot of information so had to pick and choose what to talk about
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, and will ask you something about you on your resume.
Zoom meeting where you were asked one of the 4 PEI questions and after that you had to go through a case with one of the employees. There was time allocated at the end to ask questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to work hard to achieve excelence in tough circumstances
Summer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Intern roles take an average of 64 days to get hired, when considering 24 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 Summer Intern according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 11%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 2%
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