Get Active in Our Amazing Community of Over 452,000 Peers!

Schedule mock interviews on the Meeting Board, join the latest community discussions in our Consulting Q&A and find like-minded Case Partners to connect and practice with!

Timeline for feedback after first round McKinsey phone screen/case

First Round first round interview Interview Scheduling MBB MBB MBB Interviewing Scheduling McKinsey McKinsey & Company McKinsey first round Mckinsey interview
New answer on Jul 08, 2020
5 Answers
4.7 k Views
Peter Benassi asked on Feb 20, 2019

Does anyone have a sense of how long it takes to hear back after having the pre screen/first round 30 minute evaluative case call with McKinsey? I did mine with an alumni over the phone on 2/17 and he (the alumni) did not provide any timeline on hearing back.

It has already been two days and I am getting worried.

Overview of answers

Upvotes
  • Upvotes
  • Date ascending
  • Date descending
Best answer
Guennael
Expert
replied on Feb 20, 2019
Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews

Interviewers often have no incentive to give feedback beyond a soft request from their office recruiting team and the fuzzy idea that they'd like feedback if in their shoes. Life gets in the way, they are busy... and often will just let time pass then rationalize that "it's too late now"

I would follow up

Was this answer helpful?
Peter Benassi on Feb 21, 2019

That isn't how the process was described to me; the briefing email and communications with the recruiter specifically say that the feedback from the first phone case would dictate whether or not I progress to the next round.

Vlad
Expert
replied on Feb 20, 2019
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Why don't you simply call / write the HR?

Was this answer helpful?
Peter Benassi on Feb 21, 2019

I did, but the recruiter has not replied yet. I'm curious if this is a bad sign.

Anonymous A replied on Mar 27, 2019

Hi Peter,

Hope you're doing well. I have a similar Phone Case interview. I would love to know how the interview went and the type of case asked.

Reason being, 30 min seems short to give a full fledged case. In addition since its a phone interview its harder to convey information & data (i.e exhibits) that would feature in longer cases.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Best,
Nik

Was this answer helpful?
0
Anonymous B updated the answer on Jul 07, 2020

Hello,

How long did you wait to obtain an answer ?
Thank you

(edited)

Was this answer helpful?
0
Anonymous replied on Jul 08, 2020

Dear Peter,

You can just contact HR for this information

Best,

André

Was this answer helpful?
0
Guennael gave the best answer

Guennael

Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews
284
Meetings
1,459
Q&A Upvotes
64
Awards
5.0
171 Reviews