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I am a masters student in Engineering at a top 15 school in the US. I have a GPA of about 3.7 and a year of work experience in a front end consulting role at EY. A McKinsey AP has told me he will pass my resume and ensure that I am on the recruiting teams radar. I want to know how referrals work in McKinsey and whether this means my chances of getting an interview are good?

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Most recent answer on Oct 31, 2023

Cristian

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That's great news. Sharing two resources for anybody looking into getting referrals as well: Expert Guide: How To Handle Networking Calls and Get Referrals Expert Guide: How To Get Referrals Via LinkedIn? Best,Cristia ... (read entire answer)

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Rescheduling an interview

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Dennis

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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

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Ex-Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

Congrats on your interview invite. I don't want to repeat what everyone else here already mentioned so I'll try to just add to it. Given your questions 2 and 3, you should definitely reschedule your interview. If you a ... (read entire answer)

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feedback between interviews (same round)

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Benjamin

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ex-Manager - Natural and challenging teacher - Taylor case solving, no framework

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Hi, I confirm this is the same at ATK. Interviewers don't talk to each other until the round is over. They sometimes do meet after the interviews for an informal debrief but again it's after your have completed to 2 ... (read entire answer)

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