I have a first round interview for McKinsey and L.E.K. for the Associate position in Japan. I was wondering whether I should prepare cases in Japanese or English.
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Anyone know whether McKinsey and L.E.K. Consulting conducts cases in Japanese for the Tokyo office?
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Antonello
on Oct 01, 2019
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McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching
McKinsey requires fluency in formal Japanese and most part of the interviews will be conducted in Japanese. However, business English can be tested, then I usually recommend to read prep books and materials in English, in order to be familiar with common case terms, but to solve mock case interviews in Japanese.
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