McKinsey Alumni Case Assessment

Hi there,

1. What are my chances of moving forward to the next round? Is this round to select top notch candidate only or to weed out candidates far off from their expectations.

10%. Just kidding. 70%.

Truly, we don't know! We were not there to observe!

That said, it sounds like you did just fine.  The process is always to select top-notch candidates. The moment they think you might not be top-notch, you will be cut.

It sounds like you did well and should move on - but we really never know.

2. Should I spend time preparing for Imbellus assessment - I am scheduled to do it early next week. I am going to find out the result of phone interview  a day before my Imbellus assessment. 

Yes. You need proceed with the assumption that you're on to the next round!

This includes casing and fit/behavioral preparation.

Good luck!

Hi there,

From what you mentioned, the issue seemed to be mainly on the details of the structure. It seems overall you did fine. On the other hand, it is difficult to assess the exact performance without more details on what exactly you presented.

In terms of the Imbellus: is this part of your initial evaluation to move to the next round? If that’s the case, yes, I would prepare for it. 

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Best,

Francesco

While no one can predict the outcome of the interview aside from the interviewer, the way you described the interview seems like it went decently well. At this point you only need to wait a few days and you'll know the outcome either way. 

Of course spend time preparing for imbellus in the meantime as you will need to do reasonably well in it if you are invited. 

For the actual first and final round interviews however you will need to be very strong with your structuring to make it. 

Udayan 

Hey there,

I believe your chances are good:

1. Those alumni phone screenings are usually not as harshly evaluated as the real round 1 and 2 interviews with active consultants.
2. The interviewer is trained not to show too much whether your performance was good or bad. They stay neutral throughout
3. I would definitely start prepping for the Imbellus right away based on that.
4. For your future case and PEI prep, check out these 2 articles I wrote for PrepLounge

McKinsey Case Interview: https://www.preplounge.com/en/mckinsey-interview

McKinsey PEI: https://www.preplounge.com/en/mckinsey-pei

Cheers,

Florian

Hello,

To answer your questions:

1. Unfortunately it is impossible to say, because it depends on too many different things. From your description of the interview it certainly seems like you had a solid performance, and it definitely doesn't need to go perfectly for you to get to the next round - but naturally you are not an impartial observer in this scenario. I wouldn't read into the interviewer's tone of voice or their interjection - these are professional interviewers and they are not going to give you much of an indication of their assessment of you in the interview itself. It will also depend on how the other candidates in this cycle performed, how many people they are looking to hire, how your behavioral interview went, etc. At this stage you have done all you can do, so fingers crossed you succeed, but there's really not much point in trying to calculate your chances of getting to the next round.

2. Yes, definitely! You don't want to be unprepared for it in the case that you do get an invite into the next round.