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Do McKinsey and Bain recruiters look at university transcripts in continental Europe?

I am curious about this because in McKinsey and Bain you have to attach univeristy transcripts as well as CV and CL.

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Sidi
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am 1. Juli 2020
McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 400+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi!

It differs across substanitally across countries. 

But as an underlying principle, you have to demonstrate that you are one of the top performing individuals in your respective environment.

  • In some markets (such as France), this means you basically need to study at one of the elite universities and once you graduate there it is enough to be considered and the grade is not important (talking about academic achievements only!).
  • In other markets (such as Germany), the name of the university is far less important. As long as you can demonstrate that you belong to the top 3-5% of your university in terms of grades, you are fine (again, only considering the academic dimension). And this means, that recruiters take a very close look at grades.

Cheers, Sidi

Ian
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am 1. Juli 2020
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

They might glance over it quickly (to see key classes, or make sure there are no shockingly bad grades for a particular class) but that's about it.

A big reason for it is to make sure you're not lying on your CV about your school and grades :)

Gelöschter Nutzer
am 1. Juli 2020

Hello,

What locations have you applied for ? 

Best

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Clara
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am 2. Juli 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

In Spain, for sure. Even the interviewer has the transcript. 

Cheers, 

Clara

Robert
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am 2. Juli 2020
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Hi Anonymous,

In reality it depends on the specific person reviewing your CV. The main purpose of your transcripts are less about really checking them, but providing a complete set of application documents which also forces you to not mis-represent your academic achievements in your application documents.

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind to give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote button below!

Robert

Gaurav
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am 11. Nov. 2020
#1 MBB Coach(Placed 750+ in MBBs & 1250+ in Tier2)| The Only 360° coach(Ex-McKinsey+Certified Coach+Active recruiter)

Hi there,

Recruiters may just look through it quickly, they don’t analyze it intently.

Do you need any further help? 

GB

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