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McKinsey Interview Preperation

Hello! I have a first-round interview coming up with McKinsey and am looking for high quality candidates to practice with. Please message me if you want to practice together.

Are there any suggestions on how to find strong casers to improve with?

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Clara
Coach
on Jul 07, 2022
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

I just published an expert case, that is quite HARD and for sure very LONG, since it has multiple long math questions with many calculations. 

https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/advanced/swiss-coffins-the-death-business-245

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara

Florian
Coach
on Jul 06, 2022
1400 5-star reviews across platforms | 600+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU

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

Moritz
Coach
on Jul 06, 2022
ex-McKinsey EM & Interviewer | 7/8 offer rate for 4+ sessions | High impact sessions + FREE materials & exercises

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!

Allen
Coach
on Jul 05, 2022
Ex-McK Experienced Hire and EM - I show you how to perform at your best

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

Ian
Coach
on Jul 06, 2022
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

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!

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