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McKinsey 1st round interview next week - advice?
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Date: October 4th, 2009 1:39 AM Author: nighttime stage corn cake 2L - getting nervous. I know I have a 60 minute test and 2 breakout sessions. how much case study prep do I need to do? what about the McKPST?
does everyone get a 1st round interview? what % make it onto round 2? |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 1:39 AM Author: thirsty area To be fair, go to McKinsey.com and look up their case prep stuff. |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 1:44 AM Author: nighttime stage corn cake 1st round isn't a case interview... they say the 60 minute test is the most important factor to get to round 2, but then we have two 3-4 person breakout sessions doing case stuff (which is just for shits and giggles?)
this McKPST is scary - they give us 15 practice questions, and there is nothing else in existence ... and apparently the real thing is significantly different and harder. I haven't screwed around with percentages since college |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 2:11 AM Author: aromatic location hairy legs I thought I bombed the test and got a second round. I remember it being mostly (if not all) math and the questions being pretty long and complex toward the end. I didn't even finish it.
Anyway, I don't think the bar is too high to get a second round. The second round is what's killer. You can't screw up royally on any cases and you have to absolutely nail at least one. Otherwise, you are toast. The absolute worst, however, is the experience/leadership/skills question - i.e., tell me about a time you overcame a challenge on a collaborative project (stuff like that).
I think there are some good books about the case interview, e.g., Case in Point. Read that forward and backward before your second round should you get one. I wish I had done that. My second round with McKinsey was a disaster. |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 2:40 AM Author: nighttime stage corn cake good advice and somewhat comforting, thanks.
I'm a little terrified of the experience/leadership/skills one too - straight through from undergrad into law school. that should be interesting if I get that far |
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Date: October 6th, 2009 11:09 PM Author: deep chestnut idiot menage they dropped 2/3rds of the candidates based on the practice test. and yes, the second round is the most brutal. another 2/3rds will be dropped.
the test isn't that hard, just focus and don't spend too long on any problem. |
Date: October 4th, 2009 2:14 AM Author: cowardly kitchen The consulting firm? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12902788) |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 2:39 AM Author: nighttime stage corn cake yea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12902920) |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 4:00 AM Author: brindle motley pit no, the other mckinsey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12903396) |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 4:03 AM Author: Wine unholy temple dopamine http://www.mckinseyconstruction.com/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12903407) |
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Date: October 4th, 2009 4:07 AM Author: nighttime stage corn cake "McKinsey Construction are a Lancashire based construction company with a professional, proactive approach to each project we undertake.
At the centre of each of our projects comes our core values of integrity and honesty. We spend a lot of time getting to understand the specific needs of individual clients at the first opportunity, enabling us to produce a solution that not only satisfies their needs but surpasses their expectations."
.... sounds sweet |
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Date: October 6th, 2009 11:10 PM Author: bateful casino reading party My buddy just found out that he made it to the final round. What are his chances of getting an offer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12924767) |
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Date: October 6th, 2009 11:12 PM Author: deep chestnut idiot menage 50% I think. I'm scared of my second round. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1102440&forum_id=2#12924783) |
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Date: October 6th, 2009 11:11 PM Author: wild talented marketing idea TBF if you were good at the lsat you'll be good at 90% of the McKinsey test. Just have to read carefully (don't let your mind make connections that aren't explicit, correlation isn't causation, etc).
For the quants ones just be quick. It's simple math. Read the graphs and numbers carefully. KEEP MOVING.
It isn't hard. I only got one wrong and I didn't study.
The test is how people get dinged in the first callback round. |