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PEI Interview at McKinsey

McKinsey McKinsey PEI Personal Fit

Most recent answer on Feb 29, 2024

Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 03, 2017

Your framework is a good one but I would add a few things. Make sure you are conversational: Don’t be rote in your response. Make sure that when telling your story, you are really “telling a story” that makes the in ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey to McKinsey Solutions/Research etc.

McKinsey McKinsey Final Round

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Francesco

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Hi Anonymous, I would suggest the following: Continue the process with Bain, BCG, OW, RB, ATK and equivalent top strategy companies first If you are not successful go for the research path I believe it would ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey Interview Process

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on May 30, 2017

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Hi Sudipto, I think they simply described the usual structure of a McKinsey interview: you will go through two one-hour interviews, starting with fit questions and followed by a case. After the case you will have some ... (read entire answer)

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Tips on ow to be structured in a case intervew

Case Interview First Round McKinsey Structure

Most recent answer on Aug 30, 2022

Filip

Not preparing anymore, but willing to do interviews and give feedback occasionally

Filip gave the best answer on Aug 29, 2017

Not preparing anymore, but willing to do interviews and give feedback occasionally

Hello, I am just hypothesizing here, but perhaps you did put out your framework, but you did not follow it while solving the case? It is important not to jump around through the different parts of your structure prese ... (read entire answer)

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Is design thinking important in consulting interviews?

McKinsey McKinsey & Company Problem Solving

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Florian

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gave the best answer on Aug 22, 2022

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Hi there, Good thinking and cool book you mentioned; definitely helps with tackling problems on a grander scale. However, rest assured that in case interviews - and specifically for McKinsey, you already start with a we ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey Early Access Imbellus Test...Am I screwed?

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Most recent answer on May 24, 2021

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Hi there, Sorry to hear you had issues with the Imbellus. I am not 100% sure I understood the situation. You said they sent you the link for the Imbellus in advance, offering the opportunity to do the test earlier f ... (read entire answer)

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Rejected by Mckinsey after online assessment while I am sure I nailed the online part??

McKinsey

Most recent answer on Aug 19, 2022

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gave the best answer on Aug 18, 2022

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Hi there, Very sorry to hear! I am not sure if you are the same person I was talking to privately with a similar issue but I want to answer this also publicly to give people that are googling these topics a chance as we ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey Business Analyst Internship Milan

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Hi Mirko, the selection process for Master students in Milan is indeed based on SHL + interviews, the latter covering both behavioral and case interviews. The SHL has replaced the PST in Italy some years ago, thus you ... (read entire answer)

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Brainstorming vs Brainsteering

brainstorming McKinsey

Most recent answer on Oct 31, 2023

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Jan 06, 2020

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! Indeed both of them are used, just at different stages/seniorities during the engagements. When you do LOPs (letter of proposal, so the docs you do to sell an engagement to a client) and present it, it´s whe ... (read entire answer)

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Each Firm's Entrance Assessments / Written Tests - List

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Most recent answer on Oct 03, 2021

gave the best answer on Oct 01, 2021

Hi there, I love this organization here and the way you're approaching this! I can tell you're going to make a great consultant :) Now, here's where I'll tell you you're over-engineering this. I totally and completely u ... (read entire answer)

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Should I contact HR at Mckinsey?

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gave the best answer on Jun 02, 2022

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Hi there, 1) There were countries where I know the language but it is not good enough to use it in the work environment. Should I contact HR to change those locations? Yes. Some offices do require fluency in the local l ... (read entire answer)

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What to expect in the first interview with the Partner - McKinsey

Experienced Case Study Partner McKinsey partner

Most recent answer on Jun 27, 2023

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gave the best answer on Jun 22, 2023

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Hi Rothut, Well done on passing the problem solving game. In terms of your question: Q: Could you please share some insights on what I can expect at this stage of the interview? You should get the standard flow of PEI ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey Hierarchy: The Different Position Levels

McKinsey McKinsey & Company Mckinsey London

Most recent answer on Sep 30, 2023

Jacopo

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Jacopo

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gave the best answer on Aug 23, 2019

Project leader BCG, Bain and A.T. Kearney / 200+ real interviews

Hi, That is correct, the traditional track at McKinsey from bottom to top is Analyst>Associate>Engagement Manager>Associate Partner>Partner. Moving from one position to the next normally takes 1 to 3 years ... (read entire answer)

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Top tier/tier2/tier3 consulting firms??

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Most recent answer on Apr 22, 2024

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gave the best answer on Oct 21, 2021

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Hi there, Thank you for this question! It's not stupid at all. Everyone starts somewhere and I believe the answers by our case coaches have helped a lot of candidates to get a feeling of the industry. If you have alrea ... (read entire answer)

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Has anyone tried the new McKinsey Imbellus Problem Solving Game? Any tips / lessons learnt?

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Most recent answer on Oct 10, 2023

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Hi Lidia, Imbellus’ psychologists designed the game to evaluate candidates across five cognitive abilities: Critical thinking: forming a judgment based on a set of data Decision making: selecting the best course ... (read entire answer)

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How to Answer "Why Consulting?" in Interviews

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Most recent answer on Oct 10, 2023

Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 04, 2017

I would recommend spending about 1 - 2 minutes on each question. You have a lot to get to in the interview. Less than a minute will make you seem rehearsed and shallow and more than 2 minutes for each will take up too m ... (read entire answer)

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Bad Experience with Victor Cheng Case Interview Material - alternatives?

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Most recent answer on Oct 26, 2023

Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Jun 09, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, Viktor Cheng material is good, however, it is definitely not enough to pass the interview. I recommend rereading and relistening Cheng every 10-15 live cases you do - you'll find many new things there. In additi ... (read entire answer)

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Differences in Associate and Analyst positions at McKinsey?

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Most recent answer on Oct 11, 2023

Anonymous gave the best answer on Oct 06, 2020

Hi San, Please raise this point with HR. In all the cases the process is the same, so you will have to go through it and it will be up to your interviewers to recommend the level at which you join. I hope this helps ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey PEI - Personal Impact

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Most recent answer on Oct 11, 2023

gave the best answer on Mar 10, 2021

Hi there, There are some great prior Q&As for this. One example is here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-number-of-stories-6842 Personal Stories Step 1 - Categorize the main sto ... (read entire answer)

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BCG Personal Fit

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Most recent answer on Nov 10, 2023

Francesco

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gave the best answer on Oct 13, 2017

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Hi Rob, usual topics for BCG are leadership, flexibility, teamwork and tenacity. In practice, questions will be mostly the same. The usual differentiator between other firms is: “Why BCG?”. Many people provide a gen ... (read entire answer)

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