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Consultant & partner Referrals

Multiple Referral referrals

Most recent answer on Oct 31, 2023

Florian

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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

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Hey there, The most effective email address is the one you received from the person. Do not reach out to their private email if you have gotten it somehow through a different approach. Even reaching out to a firm email ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey Referral Question

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Emily

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300+ coached cases | Former McKinsey interviewer + recruiting lead| End-to-end prep in 2 weeks

Emily

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gave the best answer on Jun 05, 2023

300+ coached cases | Former McKinsey interviewer + recruiting lead| End-to-end prep in 2 weeks

Referrals at McKinsey, as with most firms, can be a powerful way to get your application noticed, and it's great that you have two! The process might differ slightly based on the region, but here's a general approach to ... (read entire answer)

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Received referrals from multiple people for the same firm?

Multiple Referral Referral strategy&

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Andi

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Andi

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gave the best answer on Mar 23, 2022

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Adding my 2 cents.. I'd suggest you (politely) keep the second referral offer on hold and use the initial one for now. While all seniorities at such firm are (monetarily) incentivized to refer strong candidates, manager ... (read entire answer)

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Getting Referrals at Two Locations

Multiple Referral Referral

Most recent answer on Jan 31, 2021

Robert

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Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Hi Anonymous, Having more than one referral does not really help in the narrow sense, since you will have finally only interviews in one or the other office, but not both. However, having more than one referral opti ... (read entire answer)

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More than one referral for an interview?

MBB Multiple Referral

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Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Robert

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McKinsey offers w/o final round interviews - 100% risk-free - 10+ years MBB coaching experience - Multiple book author

Hi Anonymous, Having more than one referral does not really help in the narrow sense, since only one person can finally refer you. However, having more than one referral options helps in a broader sense. So if you h ... (read entire answer)

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BCG Referral

BCG Multiple Referral

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Anonymous gave the best answer on May 13, 2020

Dear A, You can use only one referral in your application, and for sure, partner referral is much more better to maximise your chances. Morover, partner can make it directly though HR, not the system. Best, André

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