Hi there,

That is indeed an interesting question which is probably relevant for quite a lot of users, so I'm happy to give you my perspective on that:

All coachees of mine who went through the McKinsey recruiting process gave me the feedback (which is also my understanding) that the McKinsey Imbellus is not a decision criterion on its own and thus you don't get separate feedback on just the McKinsey Imbellus.
Instead, together with the one first round interview you will be conducting, you will be assessed based on your performance in both formats. The feedback provided will focus mostly on the first round interview as the second round interviews are of the same format, but you can nonetheless ask about your McKinsey Imbellus performance as well.

The key question from my side would be if you have already received an invite for this one first round interview. If not, I would advise you to contact the recruiter to do so.

In case you want a more detailed discussion on the next steps in your McKinsey recruiting process, please feel free to to contact me directly.

I hope this helps,

Hagen

There can be various reasons for the different timelines. We can only speculate. Here are my speculations:

• The recruiter/HR process the results in batches every few weeks
• The recruiter/HR is flooded with the recruiting pipeline and sends out some results immediately, while misses out on some others which then get delayed
• The recruiter/HR is awaiting a decision from the recruiting team and the recruiting partner on way-forward
• Random luck

Regardless - there is no correlation in the time and the outcome.

Hey there,

Depends on the recruiting strategy of the office. Some will 

• interview anyone who gets a certain score
• have limited interview spots, so they take time to see who to invite
• combine the Imbellus with one interview, so regardless of your result, you will go through the interview

I guess your office falls in the second bucket.

Fingers crossed for the result!

Cheers,

Florian

Hi there,

Think about a past job you have had. Were there pipelines/processes for anything you did?

As I'm sure you know, the world doesn't work instantaneously! Even Amazon doesn't deliver the moment you click buy (though it comes darn close in NYC!).

Things take time. People have many tasks to complete and there are lots of applications. Every office, employee, and day is different…and they need to asses your overall application.

Hi!

There are many different variables that come into play (e.g. starting day of the batch, number of candidates, etc.).

Wait 2-3 weeks and then consider sending a follow-up if you don't receive an update.

Best,

Anto

Hello,

I think it varies based on several things, such as:

1. The extent to which the Imbellus is used as a deciding factor for admission to interview. If it is used as a binary screening tool, that makes for a quick decision, but if it is used as one factor in combination with others, the recruiters would need to take it into account alongside your resume and cover letter, and have a more detailed conversation about whether to advance your candidacy. Once that decision has been reached, they will reach out and let you know. I don't think people get standalone feedback on their Imbellus performance (that is not in conjunction with an interview invitation or rejection).

2. The notification process. It may be more or less automated in different offices, the recruiters may batch-process them or not, they may also wait for results from other candidates to come in so that they are able to make a comparison.

So, once you are done with the test, it is really out of your hands and I would try not to worry too much about it or read into how long you're waiting for a response. If it's been more than several weeks, feel free to reach out to the recruiter and ask about it, but besides that there really is no correlation between speed of notification and the outcome.