McKinsey Final Round Feedback Call

Question

I recently had a final round with McKinsey and am awaiting the result.

A few friends heard back the day of, so I'm a bit nervous (I had mine last Friday).

I did notice that on the dashboard this morning, my application went from being marked as “Open” to “Closed” but nothing else. I was wondering whether this indicates that I did not receive an offer (since nothing has appeared on my dashboard)?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You never know until you actually get the call! I definitely wouldn't rely on the application dashboard.

Answer 2

Hi there,

We don't know yet!

I recommend reaching out to HR early next week (give them a week to process things) if you haven't heard back yet.

Sometimes they're too busy to tell you (yes or not), other times you're the “backup” offer and they're waiting for their top choice to confirm/deny the offer.

Answer 3

Hi there,

before offer decisions are communicated, they have to be aligned between HR and the interviewers in the process. This can sometimes take time for various reasons. A few common ones are listed below for a general overview:

internal scheduling conflicts between HR and the interviewers, especially when partners need to be involved
the firm is still conducting more final round interviews with other candidates and they might want to wait for that to play out to look at the full candidate picture before extending final offers
offers have been extended to “first choice” candidates and the firm is trying to keep “backup” candidates on hold until they know who accepted and who declined their first batch of offers
holidays or year-end shutdown delay the decision-making and communication process
there is uncertainty internally around budget and the exact headcount they can actually hire so they are trying to buy time

I know that this is unsettling and every candidate wants to have clarity on the status sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, you'll always have to wait for the official word.

However, it is best to just assume a rejection and continue with the recruiting efforts with other firms until you have a written offer in your hands. That way you at least won't lose time.

Best

Answer 4

Hey there,

Agree with Ken. You need to wait until the call happens.

Closed in the portal likely just means that a decision has been made, however, not been communicated yet.

Fingers crossed!

Cheers,

Florian

Answer 5

Hello!

Don't worry about the application dashboard, wait till you get the call. I agree with Ian that it's a good idea to follow up if you haven't heard anything after a week or so, but this could be due to multiple reasons so there's no need to assume the worst just yet. Fingers crossed!