Just take a couple of sessions with experts - it will maximizes your chances given the timeframe

Hello!

I agree with the rest of the coaches, the most efficent way at this point would be:

1. Work with a coach only on the point that worries you: estructuring. This would be the fastest way, since they will have ad-hoc sessions for people who are struggling with this in particular.
2. Work with other candidates and, instead of going through the whole case, do 2-3 cases but only the structuring part. This would be more time consuming until you pick the right people and so on, but it would be for sure cheaper.

I would not work on formulas or recipies any more, if you made it to 2nd round in McK, you are past that point. Now, it´s a matter of practicing, and doing it efficently. Both way are good, now pick the one that works best for you in terms of time and money :)

Of course, PM me if you want to further discuss! I am offering a -10% disccount on the 1st interview to new coachees!

Good luck!

Cheers,

Clara

Hi Anonymous,

Unfortunately there is no short-cut to solid interview prep, especially for McKinsey - so I would use the remaining time with a professional coach to massively speed up the learning cure and do whatever is possible in the short period of time you have available.

In addition, any interactive case prep with peers will support. What will have quite a low chance of success is hiding behind books and trying to learn it theoretically - also if interactive prep is time-consuming, it's the only real way to prepare finally.

When it comes to McKinsey, 2 specific notes:

• For sure, McKinsey is the most pickiest firm in respect to structure (they coined the term MECE, so what else can you expect?). And this relates to both factual structure, but also on how structured and top-down your communication really is.
• Specifically for McKinsey, don't underestimate the McKinsey Personal Experience Interview (PEI). Bad news is that it's neither easy nor fast to prepare, but compared to case interviews it's much easier to stand out from other candidates who are not that much aware of it (but still contributes around 50% of overall interview evaluation). To avoid basic misunderstandings and mistakes, you might want to check also my blog on that topic (https://pei.consulting-case-interviews.com/blog/).

Of course please feel free to contact me for a coaching session on both case and/or McKinsey PEI.

Hope that helps - if so, please give it a thumbs-up with the upvote button!

Robert