Does firm like Mckinsey require a decent GMAT score in order to get a first -round interview??

I am a candidate of Oxford MFE. I had a GRE score of 330 /340. I saw many posts here saying firms such as GS and McKinsey have a cut-off gmat score of 760 and etc. Therefore I am thinking about taking the GMAT, since it is similar to GRE in many ways which should not take me too much time commitment. Do you guys think it is necessary to take the GMAT if only for the sake of job application?? If so, what would be considered a decent score for those prestigious firms??

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Sigma_timeI am a candidate of Oxford MFE. I had a GRE score of 330 /340. I saw many posts here saying firms such as GS and Mckinsey have a cut-off GMAT score of 760 and etc. Therefore I am thinking about taking the GMAT, since it is similar to GRE in many ways which should not take me too much time commitment. Do you guys think it is necessary to take the GMAT if only for the sake of job application?? If so, what would be considered a decent score for those prestigious firms??

While there does seem to be a soft GMAT cut-off point for some companies, there's absolutely no way that it's 760.

 

there is not GMAT cut off, at least not in banking, no clue about consulting. If you are unsecure about your score just dont put it on your CV simple as that, nobody is going to ask about it anyways (this is for the UK)

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