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The interview process consists of two distinct phases, each comprising two separate interviews. Within each phase, the interviews are structured to include both a personal component and a consulting component.

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  • During the interview, they asked if there was a time when I had to really speak up for myself. The question was more casual, aiming to understand a situation where I had to assert my own thoughts, needs, or boundaries. It allowed them to grasp how I handle such moments and how comfortable I am expressing myself in different scenarios.
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Hello (McK) fishes, Any insights on what is the benchmark compensation for below 2 roles at McKinsey? 1. Engagement Manager (EM) 2. Delivery Manager

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Engagement manager salary info is pretty accurate on publicly available forums. Just add on that 10k increase and you're there

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Worse experience ever, I had approximately 4 perfect interviews, and after the fourth one, I did not hear any feedback, I tried to contact the recruiter in egypt many times either by sms or email, still she did not have the courtesy of replying to me, what a rude attitude! I heard many negative reviews from a closer friends but never thought that some one will completely ignore me like this, I appreciate that you have a lot to do, but ignoring the candidate and not giving any feedback especially that I've been interviewed four times, this is giving me a negative impact, even if I have a future chance with the organization, I will surely reject it since you don't even care and respect others and work by ignoring.

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First there was a test and then two interviews with business cases to propose solutions. You had some time to think, the goal is to see how your thought process works and if you can make a convincing case.

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How to compensate for long term unemployment? After getting let go from McK earlier this year, I've been unemployed for close to 6 months and explaining it to prospective employers is awkward and uncomfortable. Any advice on how to navigate this?

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What do you think led to your lay off?

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After the CV selection, you will have to do an online assessment which is a little bit like a video game. Thereafter, there are two rounds with each two cases. The first round is with managers and the second with partners.

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Overall it was a good experience; The updates were shared by the recruiter via call or email. The interview time was around 45 mins. The interviewers were very attentive and honestly the conversations I had were fun and good. I attended around 3 rounds of Interview.

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Any layoffs recently or coming to end of q3 or q4 McKinsey & Company

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Curious as well, I had a referral in last year (they reached out to me) and I was wondering why I wasn’t hearing back - then saw the layoff headlines

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Case + behavioral interview. 2 rounds. 2 cases back to back. Not sure if it's designed to be a pressured interview since during one of the interview was constantly interrupted by interviewer sending emails.

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Tough and long, but a great way to get a vibe from the apple to see if you think you’d be a good fit at the firm. Very open to talking about your long term career plans and how McKinsey can help you

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Cut after final round, math/analysis portion is especially confusing so be sure to brush up on those areas. One of the partners who interviewed me in the final round called to give me the decision and feedback.

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Would love the group's perspective. Don’t want to be a partner at McKinsey. Currently an EM. For personal reasons I don’t want to leave McKinsey immediately. What are the implications to my opportunities outside Mckinsey if I move to an internal role for a few years?

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I would probably frame it as an internal case. Still leading/executing but the only diff is client are MDPs. Recruiters likely won’t know the difference

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Good. The interview had 3 rounds with each round having a case interview , a guesstimate and HR questions. The interviews also had SRTs ( Situation Reaction Test ) and also had basic logical questions.

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A series of mini-interviews (short format), after initial assessments (written tests). Interviews were conducted by Executive Assistant team leads, where they asked about my interests, described the position and the company culture.

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