How to ace McKinsey Interviews? | Mckinsey interview preparation | Pavan Sathiraju
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I worked as a management consultant at McKinsey for 8+ years. I interviewed candidates from different universities and as a part of off-campus hiring. In this video, I’ve talked about my experience of the interview process at McKinsey and how they evaluate candidates. This is my perspective and things might be different elsewhere but understanding this process will definitely help you to come up with the next best answer probably.
Understand if you get an interview call from McKinsey then it means that McKinsey believes that you are a great candidate and you can become a good consultant too. Otherwise, they wouldn’t waste their time and yours too. In the first round of interviews, there will be one or two associate managers who spend an hour interviewing each candidate. The value of their time in money is roughly $400-500. This means that Mckinsey will be spending about $1000 on you upfront during the first interview. So, now it’s your responsibility to ensure that you crack this interview. This video will help you crack the McKinsey interview.
If we see what happens in the actual interview then you’ll notice that there are two interviews in every round. The reason is very simple. If you don’t perform well in one interview, you can always perform better in the second interview. McKinsey interviews are done differently. If you perform well in any one of these interviews then you can get selected. If one of the interviewers thinks you were exceptional then they’ll debate whether to push you ahead or not. The whole interview structure is designed this way. I’ve explained the whole McKinsey interview process in this video. McKinsey interview preparation can get a lot easier if you follow these tips.
Before you go for the interview, you are assigned an interview buddy. These interview buddies are assigned to help you understand what is expected from you in the interview and what you’re supposed to do. This support system will try to help you through the interview process. The whole objective of the interview process is to make you shine. Typically each interview lasts for about 40-50 minutes and the first five minutes are dedicated to making you feel relaxed. To help you bring up your A game. There are two components to each interview. Case interviews and personal experience interviews.
Further, I’ve explained the McKinsey interview questions types and how to answer them. In the case interviews you are given a business situation that can have multiple outcomes. There is never a rush toward a perfect answer. In my case, I was constantly asked to consider multiple factors in analyzing the impact of advertising on laptop sales. There is never ever a perfect answer to a case question. If your answer is similar to everybody else’s then there is no reason for the interviewer to mark you as exceptional. A lot of candidates don’t contextualize their answers according to the question and sometimes don’t even listen to the question properly. Answer a question specific to the industry that you’re questioned about.
In personal experience interviews, you are supposed to demonstrate your personal experiences about overcoming challenges at work and solving complex problems. The issue is the majority of candidates come up with boring stories. Don’t tell a technical story but rather a personal one. Go back to your previous managers and colleagues and ask them if there was any time when you did something exceptionally well. Ignore the noise around the technical stuff. Collect two to three such stories from your colleagues and managers. Talk about what you did instead of talking about other factors and the impact on other members.
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0:10 - Intro
0:11 - About me
0:26 - Video Pointers
0:52 - If you get a call
1:46 - What happens during interviews
3:17 - Interview buddy
4:20 - What happens in interviews
5:15 - Case Interviews
6:40 - Biggest mistake in case interviews
7:52 - How to contextualize answers
8:50 - Personal Experience interviews
10:50 - Summary
12:08 - Outro
“I would take help of other consultants in McKinsey” this statement made me smile, great presence of mind 👍🏿😅
hahaha. Otherwise, I didn't know where to end that loop
Great motivation for those who really fear interviews. Thanks for such easy yet important explanation.
Hey Pavan, you are doing very noble things by helping students get access to such high quality content for free!
Hopefully this will help me and thousands who follow you.
Please keep the content going, its awesome.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for an insightful video Pavan 👍
Thanks Pavan, insightful content!
Totally agree, McK was the toughest interview, but the most amazing experience.
this is a fantastic video Pavan !
Very well structured the process.
Thanks, Pavan
Thanks for the kind words:)
great learning experience, thank u sir.. I am preparing for analyst role to join as a fresher in big 4, big 3. it will help to many students, if u make video on it.
Thanks for sharing this
Great video
Great video, can you also cover what is the difference between McKinsey Implementation & Mckinsey generalist consultant roles?
Great content Pavan!
Thanks for the kind words Karthik!
Please do share with your network. I am positive about the impact:)
great sir your motivation help me to clear interview
I'm a new subscriber, thank you for putting out great content Pawan. Learning a lot from you!
Glad to hear that Hrishikesh! Please do share it in your network ( hope it will help them too:))
@@PavanSathiraju sure!
Hey Pawan, I have 2 years of experience as Cloud Consultant but facing an issue in getting the Resume shortlisted, what all points do I take into consideration in order to improve the CV and get to the 2nd step of getting an Interview call.
Thanks
Hey Pavan, thank you for this incredible video, really helped boost my confidence for my McKinsey interview tomorrow!
got selected?
@@RohitSingh-yo2yl yes
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Thanks for this wonderful insights and Pavan you and your TH-cam channel are worth investing our 10 mins a day
Thank you soo much 🙌🏻
I am glad to read this:)
@@PavanSathirajuhi sir do u have any idea about business presentation specialist role and it's package as a fresher??
Sir HR called me for Telephonic interview but I couldn't pick up the call and I got rejected due to that. I feels like dying.
Amazing content, hello from a current student at INSEAD!
Now FOMO is hitting me:)
I gave online assessment interview at McKinsey. It assesses your organizational behaviour and diplomatic skills. Communication and Confidence is Key.
Really helpful
One video for experienced professional wants try for McKinsey!!
Can you please share about McKinsey Game Assessment Test - Unfortunately was not able to crack that level :(
Hello Sir, the video was really informative and to the point but i do have a request can you give some interview tips about Business presentation specialist it would be really grateful.
First class video.
For the aspiring Business Analyst, Business Intelligence Analysts, Data Analyst in any consulting firm,what kind of case topics needs to be solved? Like M&A, Market Entry, Profitability
What does it mean when HR says that there will be an additional round of interview even after you're done with all the mandatory rounds before (4 rounds) ?
One question - do non MBA but domain experts stand a chance?
Hello,
Thank you for the information. Can you please help me that I choose to change my domain as a consultant will mckinsey consider my resume keeping in mind I am still pursuing my degree.
I don't think I have ever come across any video explaining the McKinsey interview process in such detail. Honestly, I didn't even know that I needed this video. Thank you for making this!
I am curious about one thing that you mentioned in your recent LinkedIn post regarding requesting HR to allow you to take interviews: I wanted to know why were you interested in the same? As in, what was your motivation behind it? Were there any particular skills you were hoping to build?
Nothing in particular. But, I know it is a good way to meet new people build some relationships with HR team, and also connections with candidates.
Nothing in specific
@@PavanSathiraju This totally makes sense! Thanks for sharing 🌸
Does these big companies look for an MBA or graduation to give a chance
Hello Sir,
I had applied for McKinsey and got a mail to Solve the McKinsey Game. So can you please help me understand and tackle the same!!
Please tell me what you got for solve and what happened?
For which role you applied!?
McKinsey company details please apply online job
Hello Sir, I have applied for business presentation specialist my assessment test is on this Friday i need a personal opinion of yours regarding the same i am ready to pay the consultation fees just help me out about how to reach you?
@rajendrap2106 Hi, Can you please share with me assessment pattern whether it is aptitude or PSG type? Please 🙏
Hey i have applied for the business presentation specialist and i have cleared the assessment round and i have received a 2 calls from the company side regarding the process and relocation from my side may i know about the further steps in the process
I have cleared the assessment for the same role. Cleared the telephonic round too. What is the next procedure?
@@ramyabalan_ramyabalan Hi, Can you please share with me the assessment pattern whether it is aptitude or PSG type? Please 🙏
@@ramyabalan_ramyabalan hey ramya can you tell me what are the questions were asked during telephonic interview
Instead of just being theoretical, I would hve appreciated if you were accurate with taking some examples on wht you answered and how you ask specific questions when you interview ppl. The intention here is not about collecting these questions expecting them again but to give mindset of how thought provoking process should be aligned to make intuitive thinking more better