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McKinsey OEP first round Interview

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Hi there, In general, operations cases often focus on concepts such as Capacity issues Increase / decrease capacity or move capacity from a less profitable product to a more profitable product Analysis of bottlenecks Cl ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey first round - Very hostile interviewer

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

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Hi! Sorry to hear. It's very hard to judge from what you wrote, so I don't want start speculating. However, I want to comment on your point #2, because this is a very common (almost tragical) problem I see with people ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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When will I hear back from McKinsey first round?

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Hey there, It should be relatively quick below 1 week. If you have not heard from them after 2 weeks, give them a call. Fingers crossed! Cheers, Florian

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Mckinsey First Round - Haven't heard back

McKinsey first round

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Hi there, This is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I am happy to provide my perspective on it: While generally speaking, the earlier the feedback the better, there e ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey first round

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Hi Giulia, Q: I think I did not perform exceptionally but at the end of the interview my interviewer said: “thank you for your time Giulia, and good luck with the next steps”. I don’t think you can extrapolate any mean ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Mckinsey first round

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Hi there, I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: Yes, either way, you may still do the other first-round interview before they make an ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Mckinsey - postpone interviews

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Hi there, Yes it's possible and quite common. McKinsey want you to succeed with the time you need, they don't want to see you fail fast. Get in touch with HR, tell them you'd rather be really well prepared but can't pur ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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My McKinsey 1st round interview as a STEM APD from a top 3 US university

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Hi there, Very cool post and some good reflections- thank you for sharing! The fact that you didn't ‘conclude’ the case is very normal in McKinsey because it's not about concluding the case. Rather, it's about answering ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Chances of having passed first interview

McKinsey McKinsey first round

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Please dont speculate and dont get coaches here to speculate either :). What matters are these: 1. In your own view, did you give your best? 2. Which areas you could have performed better? Move on and look forward to n ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey First Round Case Expectations

Actively preparing for interviews with McKinsey First Round McKinsey McKinsey & Company McKinsey first round

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Hi there, There are 4 main differences that you will find in interviews at McKinsey compared to other companies: 1) McKinsey includes the PEI (Personal Experience Interview) as part of the fit part. They will usually a ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How to prep for a specific consulting role (McKinsey)

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Udayan

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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /12 years recruiting experience

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You do not need to prepare industry specific questions for casing. They will ask you questions from across industries because casing is to assess your ability to solve complex problems and not just your ability to solve ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Encouraged to Reapply Upon Unsuccessful R1 Interviews

McKinsey first round

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Marco-Alexander

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Former BCG | Case author for efellows book | Experience in 6 consultancies (Stern Stewart, Capgemini, KPMG, VW Con., Hor

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McKinsey first round interview

McKinsey first round

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Ken

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Ex-McKinsey final round interviewer | Executive Coach

Ken

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Other than getting the math correct, there's no such thing as a 100% answer. Even if you do the math correctly, an "excellent" answer is one where the candidate is able to draw out meaningful implications which is not t ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Mckinsey - Move to 2nd round?

McKinsey McKinsey first round second round

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Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Hi Anonymous, Since no one in this forum was part of the whole interview process, you can get a couple of speculative answers here - but reality will tell the outcome soon. Cases are a major aspect of evaluation, bu ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Timeline for feedback after first round McKinsey phone screen/case

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Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Interviewers often have no incentive to give feedback beyond a soft request from their office recruiting team and the fuzzy idea that they'd like feedback if in their shoes. Life gets in the way, they are busy... and of ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How to prepare for McKinsey first round interviews?

Case Interview case interview practice with consultants case interview preparation McKinsey McKinsey & Company McKinsey 2nd Round McKinsey first round Summer Internship

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Hey anonymous, This is the study plan I often suggest to all the candidates I've been coaching (the timings for each stage depends on how long do you have between now and your interviews, which should be at least 1/2 ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey R1 Performance

First Round first round interview McKinsey first round

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Vlad

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Vlad

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gab die beste Antwort am 22. März 2019

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Hi, Sorry, but giving you the feedback just based on your subjective impressions is completely unproductive. You should just wait for the results. "Anything else" question is very common at McK interviews. They want ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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When to expect any contact after 1st round of case interviews (McK)?

McKinsey first round

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Luca

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Hello Kamil, no worries, consulting world is not always as efficient as HR say during the presentation ;) Wait until the end of the week and then contact the HR if they didn't let you know anything. You always rece ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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McKinsey Interview preperation

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Hi Anonymous, if you are not confident in term of your level of preparation it is far better to reschedule the interview – there is no penalty for that. The day when you should reschedule depends on your level of curr ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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What kind of case it will be for Mckinsey first round?

McKinsey first round

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Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Guennael

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

So many things come into play here... we really cannot give you a precise answer. Odds are your case will be more quant heavy due to the interviewer's background, but even that is not a given Bottom line, if you know ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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