McKinsey & Company Summer Associate Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Interviewed first round with two different partners. Very difficult questions and they grilled you with multiple angles.

Interview Details – Three rounds of interviews: the first is a standardized test of math and business skills. If you pass that, the next round consists of two interviews with associates or project managers. Then, the final round consists of three interviews with partners. Each live interview includes personal interview questions to assess fit, as well as a case study. Everything was very standardized and professional, and for the most part, interviewers were easy to talk to and very interesting, engaging people!

Interview Details – The recruiting process through my school was fairly straight forward. After being selected to interview, Mckinsey held a "power round" which consisted for 4 back to back interviews with individuals ranging from Assocate through Partner. Each interview was a combination of case and behavioral. There was no second round interview, and many people heard back about a decision the day of.

Interview Details – Applied online and was invited to the McKinsey office to take the PST test with several other candidates. We took about 45-min to do the PST test and then broke into small groups sessions with McKinsey associate. We had a total of 2 group sessions. Each group had about 5-6 students with one Associate and we went through a case study.

Interview Details – As part of a non-target school, the interview process prep was not very intensive, but most people involved were nice and helpful. The first round consisted of 2 45 min interviews (behavioral and case). They try to be very calm and nice throughout the process, although they are not very forthcoming with feedback right away.

Interview Details – The recruiting process at the school was enjoyable and positive. They make a real effort to let the students know about the company and to get to know the people.
There were two interviews, each 45 minutes long. The interviewers were pretty poker-faced, didn't help out too much, and were actually quite intimidating, and not very personable.
They say that they're rooting for you and they're trying to help, but it really doesn't feel that way in the interview. If I didn't tell them exactly what they wanted, they would look upset and would not make any effort to push me in the right direction.

Interview Details – Fair and exactly what you expect it to be. The most structured of the big three firms

Negotiation Details – I didn't negotiate the offer.

Interview Details – Initial communications included a few calls with people from the office and a dinner in early November in the city in which I live. There was not too much recruiting involved, I just talked to some folks at the office and some former business analysts at my school. First-round interviews were at McK's office in the city in which I'm studying. Three cases, all of them very structured and covering different areas of businesss (marketing, operations, strategy) and industries. Second rounds were in NY a couple of days later. Three cases, completely different than the first round (much less structured). The offer was given that same day in the evening.

Negotiation Details – The offer was great. No reason to negotiate.

Interview Details – First Round had two interviews one conducted by a senior associate and another by an engagement manager. Both lasted 45 minutes. First 10 minutes is fit interview where they ask one question and then deep dive into it. This is very different from other consulting interviews where they may ask 2-3 different questions about different scenarios. For e.g., At McKinsey, I was asked "Tell me about a time you were frustrated in a team" followed by multiple questions asking about how I felt in this situation, how I thought the other person felt, how I may have reacted differently etc. Fit questions are followed by case where it is very unstructured. You do not get time to make a framework and it is the typical McKinsey command and control format.
Second Round had 3 interviews, all with partners. Same format.