Hi there
In some geographies MBB are doing video interviews due to the pandemic.
Do men still wear a tie even in video interviews?
For McKinsey, you can get away without a jacket but wearing a tie is a safe bet for most geographies. Less for first round but some of the senior folks conducting final round can be pretty old school too.
I don't and most candidates I interviewed since March didn't. But this might be different in different geographies.
Hi Anonymous,
While it's not absolutely required and "tolerated" to wear a shirt without tie, I'd still recommend to take one to be on the safe side (no upside of not wearing one, but still a downside since some of your interviewers might be more conservative).
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Robert
Just went through the interview process with MBB. I was wondering the same thing, but I feel it can't hurt to be dressed just as you would for a usual in-person intevriew. If you're underdressed, certain interviewers may view that negatively. If you're dressed as you normally would be for an interview, noone will view that negatively. You might be able to dress less formally for certain interviewers, but I decided not to take the risk. Also BCG explicitely said to dress business formal.
Im in the US btw. I'm a woman so it's a bit different, but I personally wore a navy suit with a simple white silk blouse. This would be equivalent to a man wearing a navy suit with a shirt and *maybe* a tie. I would really not take the risk if I were you and just dress formally.
Hi Alan,
When it comes to interviews, when in doubt, dress up. It's far better to dress one level too high than one level too low!
I definitely recommend a tie.
Furthermore, pretty much all of the rules you can think of that apply to in-person interactions in the profession world are the same as for virtual interactions!
Some key things to remember for video interviews:
Just commenting that in all my MBB interviews (U.S.) this year I was asked to use a single monitor. Interviewers share screen on Zoom to show exhibits (they don't send it to the candidate), so only one can be viewed at a time. So another screen wouldn't be useful, unless for having some cheats up I guess haha but that's probably why they don't want more than one monitor used.
Hi Alan,
Even if there is no special requirement for a tie, I would nevertheless recommend you putting it on.
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