Hi guys,
I applied to the position of "Specialist - Oil & Gas - Petroleum Asset eXcellence (PAX)" and I am waiting for a feedback about an interview. For this kind of positions, do I have to prepare in the same sequence mentioned here or by Victor Cheng, or it may differ?
Since I've never heard of this, I reached out to a friend of mine who works in Houston for McKinsey, which I believe is your target consulting company.
Contrary to what indicated in other answers here, he said that this is a technical role that is different from the general consulting role and therefore questions will be mostly technical and on market/industry knowledge. Therefore not case interview as much.
That said, this is second hand knowledge and from only one source, so would verify it (I will follow up to this if I hear from someone else)
Hope it helps,
Andrea
Hi,
Agree with Hemant. Similar experience with my candidates and friends:
For the industry expertise, I recommend you to find the industry POVs on the McKinsey web-site. You'll get a great perspective on what McKinsey is thinking about various industry issues. You should know the main metrics, benchmarks, and numbers in your country
Best,
I have helped a candidate prep for an expert interview in OnG in the gulf region.
AFAIR, it was a combination of:
- phone interview followed by invitation for a PST.
- standard 2-4 rounds (based on region) of case interviews.
It seemed the case studies were very OnG centric but there was one non-OnG case (something on retail supply chain) that was asked. There were 2 partner interviews. A lot of Q&A around past experiences, industry contacts, can you bring new deals/etc, and fit-related Q&A as well.
HTH.
Hi Mohamed,
as mentioned by Vlad, industry-specific first round interviews will not be particularly different compared to the generic first round interview. The main difference is that you will get cases related to the industry you are applying for; however, you will also get other types as well.
In the final round sometimes you go deeper in one specific industry topic with a partner – the more experience you have, the more likely is that it will happen.
Best,
Francesco
Thank a lot, Francesco.
