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Mckinsey junior research analyst

Goodmorning everyone,

I need your help!

I have a question regarding Mckinsey for everyone who applied as a junior research analyst.  Apart from case interviews and PEI, did you have also some technical interviews? What were they about?

In particular given the JD mentioning an advanced use of M.Office , you have been asked questions about specific Excel/Power Point tools.

Thank you in advance for sharing your precious experience, that would be incredibly kind

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Clara
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on May 15, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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Vlad
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on Apr 06, 2018
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi!

You will have 3-4 standard case interviews (expect cases in your industry as well) with FIT and some industry-specific questions. You should know:

  • Latest trends in your field
  • Key analytics instruments and examples of how you applied these tool in your past
  • Applicability to different industries

I think the best way to prepare is to find the relevant technical articles and knowledge nuggets on McKinsey official site - they have plenty of them.

Best!

Vlad
Coach
on Oct 08, 2017
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

Depending on the role. In an industry research role, you will have the industry-specific questions.   In general, these interviews are not that hard. You should know:

  • Latest trends in your field
  • Key analytics instruments and examples of how you applied these tool in your past
  • Applicability to different industries

I think the best way to prepare is to find the relevant technical articles and knowledge nuggets on McKinsey official site - they have plenty of them.

You may also be hired for some data-science positions. In this case make sure that you know how to work with excel and databases (sql, etc)

Good luck!

on Oct 09, 2017
Dear Vlad thank you so much for you kind and extremely accurrate answer. The position is a junior one about global sourcing. I just have a last follow-up question. By "applicability to different industries" you mean the applicability of analytics tools i have been using in the past ? thank you again for your precious help
Deleted user
on Apr 07, 2018

in North America research analysts are Not given case interviews. Only industry specific interviews. At least this was in 2017 from talks with two friends who are now in the south offices.

hope it helps,

Andrea

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