Hello McKinsey Aspirants,
I applied to a US office recently and the recruiter has invited me to chat to understand my interest in that particular office and probably the firm itself. The call is regarding the associate role, can anyone please describe their experience with this pre-screening call? Thanks.
The call is for 20-25 minutes, what should I expect? Please note I am from a non-target school.
Hello!
Congrats, that is already good news!
These 20-30 mins recruiting calls with HR are similar to the FIT part of the interview, in particular, intro + cv questions and motivational quetsions (2 of the 4 types of FIT questions asked).
If you want to deep dive on the topic, the "Integrated FIT guide for MBB" has been recently published in PrepLounge´s shop (https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop/tests-2/integrated-fit-guide-for-mbb-34)
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3. https://www.preplounge.com/en/behavioral-interview-questions
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Hope it helps!
Hi there,
First, good luck!
Here are some questions to be prepared for: https://www.preplounge.com/en/tell-me-about-yourself-interview-question
And here is a great prior Q&A: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinseys-phone-screening-case-9161
Hey there,
Some McKinsey offices for certain positions (e.g., North America for experienced hires) are using a phone screening interview either with
They are usually the first interview within the application to make sure that candidates have a rough understanding of cases before moving on in the application process (i.e. not wasting current consultants' interview time if the candidate is not ready at all).
The phone screening interviews are usually a bit easier than the actual consultant-led interviews and there are no exhibits, yet you still will go through
If you want to learn more about that, check out the article I wrote here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/mckinsey-interview
If HR is conducting the interview, it will be usually a short fit interview and an introduction of the role and the interview logistics. For the fit, for all my coachees there were just 4 questions:
Cheers,
Florian
