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Updated Nov 16, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)
the selection process included a written test and 3 rounds of interviews.
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Negotiation Details
it offers the highest salary in industry.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Mar 21, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 3 months)
Did not hear back from months, then got an email 3 months later asking for a call. recruiter told me she wanted to discuss the position in more detail and wanted to see if I had a writing sample I could provide. I suggested that we have a brief call, so we could see what was required, and after, I'd be happy to provide a sample--would be easier to provide something that was appropriate after that call. (in this time I was also told by a friend that research positions at McKinsey were not well respected from within). She started the call asking about my 2 most recent positions. I spoke about them, even focused on my communications and writing experience. Then said to me that 'as I expected, you are not qualified for the position." And that was the end of it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jan 23, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)
it was a video interview from the NYC Corporate Finance office. Really technical questions and even asked how the rate of cost will change according to a scenario. I knew formula but still got it wrong. You have to have a strong background in financial modeling and valuation. I read the Mck Valuation book, which was really good written but you still have to have real experience to work well in a case study. You also need to have a general knowledge in the energy industry, like coal, cold and currency. When it was my turn to ask, I asked how to solve the question and my answer was at the opposite…
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jan 4, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Waltham, MA (took a day)
The first round of interview consisted of two parts: one 15-minute excel test and one 15-minute interview with two senior research analysts from their waltham office. Overall, the interview process was very pleasant. Interviewers were nice and they were really interested in knowing more the candidate instead of merely asking questions they have prepared in advance
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Negotiation Details
negotiable
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Oct 21, 2009
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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 Feb 2008 (took 2+ weeks)
- begins with the submission of a long list of application documents including but not limited to, resume, cover letter, essay
- next comes an examination comprising a series of multiple choice questions that takes an hour to complete
- following that are the series of interviews ( i went for 4 rounds of interviews) with 2 case study interviews
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Non-negotiable
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Posted Jun 28, 2009
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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 Aug 2007 in Sydney (Australia) (took 2 months)
In total I was interviewed by 11 different people over the period of about 2 months. Interviewers consisted of junior staff and firm Directors. I had three seperate interview dates which were mostly unstructured interviews. For two of the interviews I undertook worksample tasks.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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