I have my interview with McKinsey in 4 days. I have been practicing cases consistently for the last 2 months and have been practicing PEI since a week ago. What would you recommend me to do in these last 3,4 days?
I have my interview with McKinsey in 4 days. I have been practicing cases consistently for the last 2 months and have been practicing PEI since a week ago. What would you recommend me to do in these last 3,4 days?
Just keep working on your weaker areas. Practice PEI questions really well to ensure your anwers are punchy, engaging and stand out. Be well rested as you get closer to the day.
Here's some mindset tips to calm those nerves as you get closer to the interview date:
During the interview
All the best!
Hi there,
I recommend the following:
Good luck on that interview!
It’s difficult to know what is your biggest limitation at this point... Given what you wrote on your preparation plan, I would make sure you are sharp ready to the fit interview (and behavior/attitude during case interview).Please note that fit goes beyond is personal experience questions. Nowadays a lot of candidates are well prepared fot the cases but do a lot of mistakes on the fit part.
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Hi! I recommend to work on you weak points during 2 days at least, and not do anything except you favorite activities on the last day before the interview. Try do distract as mush as possible, because too much nervousness and stress can affect the results of the interview. Set yourself up for a positive mode and success: interviewers can also feel your emotions, self-confidence and commitment level. Good luck with the interview!
If you have further questions, me and my colleagues here on PL will be glad to help you.
Best,
Gaurav
Hey there,
Without knowing your performance on case and PEI, it is quite difficult to give an honest assessment.
My general advice would be:
1.Keep the overall workload light. After 2 months of prep, there should be nothing at this stage that you could significantly improve on (given that you learned and internalized the right habits for the McKinsey case and prepared proper PEI stories that actually hit the dimensions that McKinsey is targeting).
2. Work on your perceived weaknesses in 1-2 peer case interviews, and conduct sevreral chart, math, and structuring drills + speak through your PEI stories with a few friends (check out my answer here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/how-to-prepare-for-a-case-study-10480) or alternatively do one final finetuning session with a McKinsey coach.
3. The closer you get to the interview, the less you should be doing and the more focus should be on enjoyable experiences. Agree with Ian here!
All the best for your interviews!
Cheers,
Florian