I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Wrocław) in Jun 2021
Interview
First part motivational: be structured (top-down communication) and real (show feelings)
Second part numeric: do some homework and solve some business cases with a friend, you can find online. Be structured, walk them through reasoning, try not to screw calculation, take your time and be honest if you are not great at crunching numbers (could be a requirement to be good at tho).
In general show commitment and trustworthyness.
Target: insercure overachievers (that usually show more selfconfidence)
They would try to answer this question: would I enjoy working with this person? Would i live him/her on client site alone managing the project? Will they find smart ways to solve problems from different persectives?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Contextual, depending on the experiences you share, they would ask specific questions, see STAR model
Gave assessment. Waiting 1st round. But, here the assessment and resume are scored together to reach next round. Might take 1-3 weeks for invite. Assessment has only 20% - 30% weightage.
The recruiter was great! 2 rounds of 5 interviews, first was 2 associates, second was 3 partners. My first round, the interviewers spoke absolutely broken English and made it extremely difficult to understand what they are trying to say. My second interviewer was extremely rude as well. Honestly comes down to who interviews you and the case selection that will determine your fate
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Interview was a straightforward case study, and a McKinsey-specific Personal Experience Interview. This was difficult but I was able to prepare, so it was not too challenging after preparation. The team was very kind throughout the process and I was able to request information on the interview style ahead of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenge and how you overcame it?