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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jul 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 (took 1+ week)
Phone interview consisted of a 30 minute case study. Prior to the phone case study, I had a 60 minute coaching session in preparation for the case study.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jun 29, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 (took 2 days)
There was a very good and planned communication since the beginning.
There were two days interviews:
1st was in London, with 2 Managers, 1 Director, 1 Partner.
Each interview lasted 1 hour, divided in 30 mins get to know CV and aspirations and 30 minutes Business cases.
2nd interview was in Milan, with 2 partners, same procedure as above.
People were very friendly, except 1 EM, who was quite sharp in his statements and requested deeper analysis.
However it was Friday, so people back to the office are more relaxed and not in the typical aggressive / I will stub you in the back mood
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Negotiation Details
There is no way to negotiate salary.
I got to know the figures in an un-official way through the HR responsible for managing contacts.
Eventually I got a higher (+30%) salary than the one I was making, but my earnings/hour fell by half...
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jun 27, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
They contacted me rather swiftly after I applied online. I booked a time for problem solving test, which was demanding but ok. I passed and now I am waiting for the interviews. As for the test, read answers carefully, but in questions there tends to be a lot of dead text that will not serve you in answering the question. Also, a practice in numerical operations without a calculator helps. You are always asked to (roughly) calculate 85% from 5400 and the like.
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted May 31, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 2 weeks)
There were 3 rounds of interviews (I made it to the second):
1) Case interview (30-45 mins) - The first round was a straight case interview done over the phone. It was fairly straight forward profitability case conducted by a McKinsey alumnus.
2) In Office: This had two parts, 2 1:1 interviews, consisting of both personal experience and case questions, and a written problem solving test.
- Interviews - the interviewers were both very easy to talk to and made the interview pretty comfortable. Experience questions deal with team work and leadership. Be prepared to go into pretty deep detail with whatever story you choose. They will want to know about exact conversations and outcomes. The case questions were similar to the phone interview. Preparation is key. You need to be organized in your thoughts and presentation. Case in Point is a great book to get you started, but the best way to prep is to work with a partner.
- Problem Solving Test - You get an hour to complete a 26 question test with about 4 different cases and several questions pertaining to each. The biggest issue with this is timing. There is a practice test on McKinsey's website that is a shortened version of what you will see.
3) I didn't make it to the third, but it would be more of the same in office interviews.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted May 24, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 4 months)
I applied online. After two weeks I received an invitation to take a math test in their office. This first test consisted of very basic problems to be completed in a short period of time. Two more weeks had elapsed before i got a second invitation to go through a written business case and a logic test. Then a fit interview was scheduled. I was told to present one situation in which I demonstrated leadership skills, one situation when i convinced someone of my point of view and a last situation when i set a very hard goal and i went for it. All those stories had to be divided into chapters each one with its respective title (that's when creativity skills were first demanded...).
Finally, i was invited to the "McKinsey Day" which took place in a hotel. An entire day full of activities encompassing classic case interviews similar to the ones contained on manuals being sold here and a more advanced written business case (which i couldn't complete at all because of the short time). The last scheduled activity was a role play. In this stage one consultant played the role of your boss and your client. You are told some data/background story by your boss and once you have discussed it with him, you go see the client who has ideas which are not in agreement with what was previously discussed with your boss. The way you figure out how to solve by yourself this conflict is evaluated.
When i thought the day was over, i was told to wait and two more 1:1 interview cases were set up with partners. The first was to estimate the number of postmen in a city that i knew well (I enjoyed myself in this problem and even more after checking the real number on the internet...lol). The second one was a business case on mix of products and operations. In other words, nothing that we couldn't expect from a consulting firm.
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Negotiation Details
I suppose their offers are stardardized at this level.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted May 12, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 3 weeks)
First round, two interviews: 25 minute case, 25 minute fit/personal experience... one with a Senior Associate, one with an Engagement Manager
Second round: 4 interviews... three of them the same format as first round. The last one was a presentation. You have 45 minutes with a fact pack and an incomplete presentation to fill in the blanks, then a 45-minute "meeting" with your interviewer to discuss my findings.
Got a call with the offer that evening.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Apr 21, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 2 weeks)
I applied online. After the background check, I was invited to their office to take the paper test. The test was not so difficult if you could read English. After passing the test, I was invited back again to have a 1 on 1 interview with a consultant. The interview was pretty informal, laid-back, and of course in Japanese. The questions were about my resume, leadership experiences, and the case.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Apr 17, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Herzliyya (Israel) (took a day)
I applied online by sending my CV and a personnel cover letter.
the process started quickly as i was summoned to take the problem solving test after a week or so.
i tried practicing using the practice test which are available in the mckinsey web site.
the test itself was a bit harder then the practice one.
i would recommend to pay close attention to the time as during the actual test time wasnt taken into account: at the start no one mentioned the current hour or the finishing hour and no 15 minute alert was read out loud. there was a clock in the classroom but as i didnt notice the hour at the start i wasnt able to use it and spend my time wisely.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Apr 16, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Brussels (Belgium) (took 4 months)
1. PST (problem solving test): 34 multiple choice questions to be solved in 1hr time. A basic analytical test, however the focus is on analyzing data rather than simple math questions
2. 3x1 hr case interview with consultants of various levels
3. 3x1 hr case interview with consultants of various levels
4. 3x1 hr case interview with partners/directors
Interviews start with some "fit questions", talking about experiences where you showed a strong drive, strong leadership, or the ability to positively convince someone. This is followed by a short case, always including a math problem. During the last minutes you get the opportunity to ask questions.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Apr 2, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Bogota, Department of Cundinamarca (Colombia) (took a day)
I took the MCKinsey Problem Solving Test a few weeks ago. It was really harder that the one posted on the web page. You had to be familiar with business talking, some easy words like profits and revenues appeared, but not that esasy as leasing also showed up. You have to be good and fast with calculatios.
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