Anyone know whether McKinsey and L.E.K. Consulting conducts cases in Japanese for the Tokyo office?

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Best,

Antonello

Answer 2

I interviewed with LEK a couple years ago: no need to do anything differently than what you did for your MBB prep, ap... (read entire answer)

I interviewed with LEK a couple years ago: no need to do anything differently than what you did for your MBB prep, apart from maybe thinking a bit more about healthcare and Phar... (read entire answer)