Associate applicants have rated the interview process at McKinsey & Company with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 89 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McKinsey & Company overall takes an average of 46 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company as a Associate according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 11%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Boston, MA) in Oct 2013
Interview
McKinsey's interview process is very selective. In fact less than 1% of the people who are interviewed end up with a full-time offer. For an associate, the relationship starts early on with coffee chats and dinners. You then have to prep for full case interviews and then go through multiple rounds of interviews.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company
Interview
Website, online, teams meeting, in person meet up.
It was pretty straightforward and they knew what they were looking for. They had to do a couple of interviews to get a better understanding of my skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many army generals in the northern hemisphere?
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (London, England)
Interview
CV upload and then some basic numerical and logical reasoning skills. Computerised games to assess numerical skills. SOLVE questions. Psychometric tests and GMAT-style questions. Very simillar to BCG an Bain.
I applied through university. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Cambridge, MA)
Interview
they let you prep for cases and do what the book says. this is only a question of how hard you prepared. then they take the people one by one and repeat again and again. sometimes the people who give you interviews have been there for less time than 1 yr