Applied to McKinsey and have an on campus interview two weeks later for a summer position. Got a email from an alum couple days ago telling me that he was an alum in the college of engineering just like me and because engineering students don't get much exposure to case studies too often, he would like to help me prepare with some practice cases and told me to reply him with a time for an hour-long phone conversation where we will do a practice case and he will provide feedback. Do they do this to all candidates? Is it standard? I mean they are interviewing like 20 kids just from the college of engineering. Where do they find so many consultants to be free to do something like that?
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Sometimes firms will preselect students that they find an interest in (so this is good) and help coach them through the process. You probably won't be interviewing with the guy you are talking to, but he'll be keeping an eye out for you since they probably saw something of interest on your resume.
definitely a good sign as someone in the firm took an interest in you...advice is just to prepare for case studies beforehand and give a good impression in the phone call...
They asked me to provide a time. How should I do that? Should I say based on his availability because he is busy? I can't actually do that because I will be interviewing or in class most of the time. Should i give him several options?
This is standard process. Where do they find the consultants? The ~300-strong BA class in North America. Zip them a time code for recruiting, and bam you have 20 interview helpers.
This is always the case with Mckinsey. I was also contacted by an alum and told to schedule a time to discuss/go over some cases before my 1st and final round interviews. Utilize this resource as these mentors have pretty good insight into the cases you will be given for your PARTICULAR interview. PM me with any specific questions.
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