McKinsey Interview Questions

8 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (91%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

4.1
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (98%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (91%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

63%
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Interviews at McKinsey

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1st Year Associate
Year 2025
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location san francisco
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2025
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Washington
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2024
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Consulting
Location Los Angelos
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Chicago
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Consulting
Location Boston
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location Dallas
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Chicago
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - McKinsey Examples

associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in san francisco
Interviewed: November 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
fairly standard, they called me the next day to tell me that i was too slow in coming up with my frameworks, and my frameworks were not sufficiently mece. but it was a very pleasant call.
Interview Questions

Business Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Washington
Interviewed: January 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
- HR screening call
- Solve exam
- R1: 2 (1 hour long) interviews, case + personal experience
- R2: 3 (1 hour long) interviews, case + personal experience
Interview Questions
No unexpected questions, very standardized process. Follow up questions drilling into PEI responses (what were you thinking/feeling at that time, etc) and pressure tests during brainstorming (provide more examples) were challenging

Sophomore Business Analyst Interview - Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angelos
Interviewed: October 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
There was an “IQ” test. It was with digital games. Overall were just testing memory attention, multitasking, mental arithmetics and stuff like this. Not much to do about it but you could try to “prepare” for it by seeing similar quizes online that try to mock Mckinseys one
Interview Questions
The mocks were sometimes hard. So i would say prepare more carefully for them. In the interview they asked basic questions such as why mckinsey and about previous experiences

Business analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: August 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Very standard process. 1st round was 2 PEI and 2 case interviews with associates and analysts. Second was 3 of each with partners and APs
Interview Questions
You have $10,000 to invest in two different stocks. Stock A has an expected return of 8% and Stock B has an expected return of 12%. However, Stock A is considered less risky with a standard deviation of 5%, while Stock B has a standard deviation of 10%. How would you allocate your investment between the two stocks to maximize your expected return while minimizing risk?

Business Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: August 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Background Check
Interview
I interviewed in 2021 for a full time 2022 process. I had 2 cases back to back then another 3 on a "super day." Each one was 50/50 split between fit questions and case questions.
Interview Questions
The most difficult questions involved relatively involved math (e.g., long division, quite specific percentages, etc.). The fit questions, while expected, focused heavily on 1 single situational question.

Research Analyst Interview - Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Boston
Interviewed: January 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
HR Screen: Behavioral and introducing the positon
1st round: Case study, with one on one interviewer lead
2nd round: Back to back case study and behavioral interviewers with 2 members of team
Interview Questions
Varying case studies based on their real-life personal experiences. While business knowledge of that industry is not required, it does benefit you heavily.

Consultant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Dallas
Interviewed: January 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Initial screen followed up by analytics game followed by two case study interviews on two seperate interviews
Interview Questions
Math portion

Business analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: August 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Very standard process. 1st round was 2 PEI and 2 case interviews with associates and analysts. Second was 3 of each with partners and APs
Interview Questions
They asked me very in depth questions about one story during each PEI interview. Be prepared to think thoroughly through one instance
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