I got rejected after the first round of McKinsey interview. My only career plan was to work at McKinsey. What can I do?
Working at McKinsey was my only career plan since my early years of undergraduate studies. I studied a lot, practised a lot. However, I couldn't succeed, Things went wrong and I got nervous during the interview. I couldn't show my ability to crack the cases. I was devastated at the end of the interview.
I will never apply other consulting firms, including BCG and Bain. It is obvious that both firms lack the prestige that McKinsey have, and both of them seem somewhat inferior compared to McKinsey. I ignore Big 4 or other consulting firms, since I don't consider them as a "consulting firm". And I don't even consider other jobs except consulting as a "job". For me, non-consulting jobs are too simple in terms of the work done, and way too easy to get a job offer even for an average person. So, finding a job outside consulting is not a success for me.
In McKinsey, there are at least 2 years ban for rejected candidates. I will be eligible to apply only at the end of 2020. Even if I get a job offer 2 years later, I will never be a person who has never been rejected. I wanted to be a perfect McKinsey consultant. Getting rejected in the past will prevent me from being perfect. Being perfect implies being perfect at all times. Starting my career at McKinsey would be more superior than switching to McKinsey after starting at anywhere else.
I feel like that's the end of my life. Are there anything that I can do? Do you have any advices?
I'm 99% sure this is a troll but in the 1% chance it isn't...pull you head out your ass. Ambition is one thing but stubbornness is another. If you think McKinsey is the only way to do well in consulting you have no idea what the consulting world is about.
This is the lowest quality bait lol.
I was not 3, I was 10. I graduated from a top college with top grades. I studied a lot to achieve that. I was deserving the best job ever in the world more than anyone else. I lost the chance of getting the best job. That's God's fault. He didn't help me for the interview. Then I ****ed up.
You were not a 10. A 10 is perfect. A 10 would not fail. You failed. A 10 does not spontaneously become a 9 (perhaps this was the math mistake that resulted in your rejection). You are getting a lot of nice comments here, but that is the nature of the internet, to help support people who are failures in real life by bolstering their self esteem via the internet.
As you said yourself, you have failed, and will never be what you could have been if you were not a failure. It's a stain that will not wash off. You have literally one real choice left, and that is ensure that your children learn from your weakness and become more perfect. It's not unheard of, many great people were born from failures. You will just need to ensure that every step of the way in their life they are preparing for their own McKinsey interview. Play Victor Cheng's LOMS while they are in utero. Teach them to read using the Wall Street Journal. Case practices throughout elementary school. Obviously, enroll them in the schools and extracurricular activities chosen by McKinsey alumni to get a head start on networking. High school is a time for building their own brand and businesses, invest as much time, money, and marketing in their high school businesses as possible. Exceptional people start early, and getting some articles by the WSJ written about just a few of the businesses you/they started in high school will help your children get a leg up and escape the stigma of being your offspring. During college (in the real Ivy League, not one of the pretenders like Brown or UPenn) they have the chance to take their brand and explore global opportunities. It is best if during this time they marry someone rich and politically connected or just super-rich. Ideally you will have several children, to minimize the catastrophe if any one child does not meet their milestones.
You are a failure but there is still the opportunity to be remembered as something else, at least by your children.