Follow up call with McKinsey Middle East recruiter

Dear A,

I have already helped several people to get interview through referrals especially in the Middle East, so therefore you can already treat it as pre-referral. I would strongly recommend you to mention the name of the global lead person for reference in your first paragraph in your cover letter as well to address this cover letter to the recruiter you have spoken with, to mentio her name and also to mention the discussion you used to have. So, please write this cover letter addressing it to HR person, which you have spoken with, and you could already consider this as a referral.

So, submit your documents over ther portal and then as mentioned by HR lady, send your CV and cover letter over email to her. In this way your application will be screened faster, and you will get the interview invite.

If you need help in passing McKinsey ME assessment, drop me a line, I'm happy to share insights, preparation material and give you guidance.

Best,
André

Hi there,

Recruiters don't "refer", so this isn't a referral.

However, recruiters have a lot of power here. So, given that she's interested in your profile and sees a match, you are in good hands.

I would expect that, if you go ahead and apply through the portal (and inform her when you do), you will be invited to interview.

However, I recommend you also continue to network if possible in parallel....it never hurts!

Hi,

I had the exact same situation as you.

The recruiter will invite you to do the test (in my case it was the PST). Should you pass that, 2 rounds of interviews.

(you don't need to keep talking to people - she will invite you to the test, just follow up with her once you have uploaded your CV)

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I'm currently going through a very similar process. May you please provide me with details of what happened after you submitted your application and what was the rest of the process like? Did you end up getting an offer?

thank you