Senior Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Consultant roles take an average of 95 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Consultant according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Brussels) in Jun 2024
Interview
It took 6 months from their original reach out to the offer. It was really long and interviews felt repetitive following always the same pattern of personal story + case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about an experience where you had to show leadership
Klassischer McKinsey-Bewerbungsprozess mit insgesamt vier Case-Interview-Runden. Der Prozess ist anspruchsvoll, aber sehr transparent gestaltet. Vorab wurden hilfreiche Informationen bereitgestellt, und auch online ist gut nachvollziehbar, was Bewerber:innen erwartet. Gute Vorbereitungsmöglichkeiten durch frei zugängliche Online-Ressourcen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Klassische Cases lösen, und Story zur Lösung Herrausfordernder Erlebnisse teilen.
Online tests followed by several rounds of case studies (3 in total) and interviews with recruiters. After being engaged in the process for several months and making it to the final interview stage they 'forgot' to let me know about their decision
Multiple hours back to back interviews at the office where you hang out for the day alongside other interviewees. The interviewers and staff were very friendly. It was a smooth experience overall.