McKinsey Interview Preperation

Hi there,

There's a large number of active peers on this website, which you can filter based on experience, rating and keywords, such as 'McKinsey'.

The real bottleneck will be appropriate case material and understanding. McKinsey in particular is very different from ‘typical’ interviewee-led cases and peer practice often ends up leading each other down the ‘wrong’ path - even between very capable candidates.

This is not a sales pitch for expert coaching sessions but merely a friendly reminder to be conscious of this.

Best of luck!

Hey there,

One tip I can give you is to practice with candidates, who know about the differences and peculiarities of McKinsey interviews.

What I often see from my clients is that when they practice with peers, they get misleading feedback, which is mainly based on their experience with candidate-led cases. For instance, they get feedback that they take too long to think or that they talk too much about their initial structure. Some might spend time on non-relevant resume questions, etc.

To understand the differences yourself and to instruct the partners you work with, have a look at those two articles I wrote that cover the McKinsey interviews well.

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

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

Before practicing, make sure 

• to clarify that you want to work on McKinsey-type cases
• to work only with high-quality case material
• that, if you are the interviewer, to read through the case and understand it fully. If you want to work with strong people, you have to offer value for them as well

All the best!

Cheers,

Florian

Hi there,

If you go to the Case Practice section you can find a can partner (filter on “Advanced”).

That said, I hope you are already advanced if you are doing so!

Remember that this is all self-assessed and it is a bit of the blind leading the blind.

If your first round interview is soon, your best bet is to get a coach - they are the highest quality caser you will find!

Here's a suggestion: Ask them what type of feedback they are looking for.  If they have a detailed, thoughtful answer, then they can probably give you detailed, thoughtful feedback on your performance, too.

I always recommend to my candidates that they ask their case partners for feedback specific to the issues that we are working on together.  If not, unlikely that case partners will zero in on this.

Hope this helps!

Allen