McK Final Round feedback

Hi there!
Sorry to hear about that! However, rejection is also an experience. Use the time given to significantly upgrade your profile and to maximize your chances next year!

- Relevant work experience. Have you applied somewhere else? Tier 2 consulting firms could be a great start and give you the needed experience that would be of great advantage in the future and make you a better fit for the desired company.

- Preparation. Solve different types of cases, prepare for the fit part carefully, improve your feeling of confidence.

- Networking. I would strongly recommend finding some contacts within the targeted firm to understand how it is from the inside, have a better idea of your position here in the future.

Maybe even think of the guidance of an experienced coach.

Do you need any further help?
Good luck!

​GB

Sorry to hear. Feedback typically contains a lot of positives, but it is also honest. So I would take it at face value and think about how to improve. It sounds a bit like you could build your business judgement (or intuition). A general understanding of what drives businesses across sectors and the ability to transfer this to new sectors taht you have not worked with.

Typically making these connections, especially if they are far, is not required to pass to the next round or get an offer, but they give you extra points and might balance out issues in other areas (e.g. the quant part.)

To build this level of deep understanding, you can read business newspapers and case studies conscously. Make it a habit to read the business sections of FT or Economist and reflect on the underlying issues. Read case studies on interesting dynamics of random industries to gradually build an understanding of what typical drivers are. Things like:

• What are typical customer segments and which are more attractive for the business to please?
• Is the industry driven by fixed or variable costs and how does this influence decision making?
• What are typical power structures along the value chain (e.g. monopoly in raw materials) and how does this effect the relationship between players?
• Is the business dependent on/subject to strong government regulation or do they long for a free, unregulated market?

There are many more of these questions that help you build this intuition and eventually can provide interesting insights into a case, even if not explicitly mentioned by the interviewer.

Sorry to hear about that :(

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Dear A,

It is always a good thing to ask for a feedback. It is true that the competition is sufficiently strong and you don't always get a chance to make it straight up to the final round and getting a job.

But asking for a feedback may also help in future when applying for new jobs. It also shows you're interested in the results and might do everything better next time. Besides, sometimes constructive feedback can really point out your weaknesses that you might get rid of by the next time.

Getting postive feedback you can also understand your strong points to make them even more significant.

Best,

Andre

Makes sense now. Thanks for the responses.

It's less common to get a feedback in the final round. I had final round interviews twice and didn't get feedback at any of them (didn't pass first time, passed 2nd time, still no feedback).

Finally, it sounds like you didn't pass their expectations on brainstroming. Just because 80% of the feedback was positive, doesn't mean the remaining 20% are a minor thing. That's how they communiate the feedback. You had quite a typical feedback, not sure why it surprised you, let me translate it for you: we liked your fit and math but your brainstroming, which is 1/3 of the case wasn't strong enough. It would help to work on business judgement if you plan to re-apply. Good luck!