2019 APD MBB Full Time Recruiting
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Jun 19, 2019
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From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
iwantbain, way too quiet in here. What about these resources:
Hope that helps.
anyone who has applied and got an interview invitation?
Is anyone else having page time out errors on the McKinsey application site?
Same here
Same, so annoying! And when I submitted my app, it was very unclear whether all the files attached properly....
Same here, The IT department submitted an application on my behalf.
Hi Guys, use internet explorer ... it does the magic!!! and yes, internet explorer!
Anybody else get an e-mail from BCG about a one-way interview?
yes, I think it is a new thing that replaces phone screening. They did the same for the bridge to BCG. Expect three questions, they allow you 2 recordings per question (if you screw up the first time you have the option to delete and re-record) and open time to think however each question cannot exceed 3 mins/recording. I remember questions were: What are the three attributes that you would bring to BCG? Describe an adverse situation and how did you overcome it? How your experience helped you hone your communication skills?
Thank you so much! What a hero
I applied to bridge too and have a few questions that were mildly different than these, but similar:
1) What distinctive capabilities do you think you bring to BCG? (2)Describe an instance where you had to overcome an adverse situation - driven either by circumstance or people around you (3) How do you think your field of study/work experience helped you become a better team member?
Yes about the one way interview. Is it a new thing?
Has anyone heard back from any of the companies for first round?
They'll probably start sending out invites in August since they're finishing up with early interview invites right now...
Anyone hear back from non-MBB firms as well? (such as healthcare/life science firms)
Didn't apply but I heard others have gotten interviews for LEK/Clearview
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Wow! Congrats!!!
experienced hire (ADC) here. BCG: 7/12 1st round and 7/26 final round, saw a bunch other ADCs but mostly still in school. anyone knows the turnaround for final round?
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Got a first round interview invite from McKinsey! (ADC, Southeast)
Congrats! Apply for the McKinsey South office as well. Haven't heard back yet. It probably get dinged. Would you mind sharing which office you are applying?
West Coast, so there might still be hope for you!
I think they're doing first round interviews based on your location though, asking us to do a same day trip.
Just received a first round interview invite for McKinsey!! Can choose to interview at either the SF or Silicon Valley office.
MS candidate applied to MBB for ADC - Bain: 1R invite MW on 7/1 - McKinsey: 1R invite NE on 7/29 - BCG (gamma): phone interview invite NE on 8/12
Do you mind sharing your office?
Sure, I made the edits above.
Sorry for the ignorance, recently started looking at CO, but what is ADP recruiting?
ADP = Advanced degree professional i.e. any degree besides a MBA and beyond BS/BA
Got invited for 1st round at McK Southeast. Has anyone heard from Bain?
Heard from McK Mid-Atlantic but no word from Bain or BCG, yet!
status: McKinsey - invited 7/29 BCG - dinged 8/9 Bain - dinged 8/12
Rejected by Bain WC 08/01. If you interviewed for ADvantage and didn't get in, the odds of you getting interviewed full time are almost zero.
For those getting 1st round interview offers, how much time is there between the interview offer and interview date?
4-5 weeks for McK
1 week for me.
2 weeks for me.
okay, thanks!
Has anyone in the Midwest heard back from McKinsey yet?
Yes, dinged last night.
I did ... They wanna move forward with my application with a different office than the one I selected ! But I said yes ! I wanna go through the interview process and will decide later if I wanna relocate !
Has anyone heard back from BCG?
Nope. Don't know anyone who has. Last year invites went out Aug. 10.
Just received an invite today from BCG ATL office. Interview is in 2 weeks.
NY area McK rejects sent last Thursday
Has anyone heard from Bain? wondering if they send out invites all at once...
I emailed a recruiter yesterday and woke up to a rejection e-mail. I know other people who have interviews set up already so make of that what you think. Sorry :/
Sorry to hear that :\ Which offices did you apply to?
Any news from BCG?
Nope. My guess is they'll send them out tomorrow.
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Congrats! Which firm of MBB are you talking about?
I heard McK is only hiring in a few offices: NY, LA, and SF
how reliable is your source? seems odd considering how many offices they have.
BCG interview offer on Friday Aug. 9 at 10:55am EDT. Interview to be held in Boston on Aug. 23. Applied to Philadelphia as first choice.
I know this thread is focused on MBB but in case anyone is wondering, LEK LSS interviews are going out
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New York
Got a rejection letter from BCG today, no word from LEK so far.
Received interview offer today at 3pm. Interview will be held in atlanta office on Aug. 23. This location was my first choice. NERVOUS AND EXCITED! Still waiting for Bain to respond though.
Congrats, which company?
Thanks! BCG.
Rejected from Bain NY this morning. Did AIC in NY and thought it went well but I guess not enough...
Sorry to hear that. Did you get an interview with LEK though?
Yup 8/23 phone
Same, also rejected from Bain after AIC
It's strange IMO. I know they didn't guarantee invites, but I'd be curious what their internal reasons are for the AIC program in general. It strikes me as odd that they'd spend time and money on this event and not invite too many people
I also got a rejection from Bain after attending AIC. Has anyone heard from IQVIA?
I have not heard from them. Anyone else?
I have not heard from them. Which position did you apply for?
I just heard back from IQVIA. First round is phone interview. I applied for Associate Consultant role - 2020 start date
Nice! Good luck with the interview! :) I haven’t heard anything yet.
Received a phone interview screening from bcg gamma 08/12. No rejection from bcg generalist consulting position but I am assuming they moved my application to bcg gamma.
Which office did you apply to?
Anyone else hear from Putnam?
No, have you heard from them?
I have not.
On average, how long would you say MBB takes to send an invite or ding you after you submit the app?
Those of you who interviewed with McK on 8/16 Friday: Has anyone heard back yet?
Have friends who have heard back from McK from last week.
Heard back today
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how long do we need to wait to reapply to bain after resume ding?
A good rule of thumb I've heard is at least a year. Even if there's no policy, you want to take time to get more experience on your resume/CV. If you apply with substantially the same application, there's no point; you'll get dinged pretty quickly.
Hi guys. I was wondering has anyone heard back from LEK after final round? Any idea about their turnaround time? Also anyone heard from ClearView after 1st round?
LEK is still conducting 1st rounds (I have mine on Friday) so I wouldn't necessarily expect to hear back yet
It took Clearview ~5-6 days to let me know that I advanced to final round earlier this year so i'd assume something similar this time too.
I was told a week or so. With C2C it was usually around ten days.
Re: ClearView, I received a final round interview offer 10 days (8 business days) after my first round, just to give you an idea of approximate timeline
Thanks! I also heard back from them. Unfortunately, did not proceed to the next round.
Have a screener at bcg this week. Should I expect a standard screener or does anyone know if they do anything different?
Haven’t heard from the rest of MBB at this point.
Still have not heard anything from LEK or IQVIA.
Anyone interviewed at BCG Atlanta last Friday heard back yet?
Same here. Waiting for the 1st round from BCG.
I know I'm late but I heard back the following Monday (aug 26)...advanced to final round which for me was this past Friday. Fingers crossed. Good luck everyone!
Anybody who interviewed at McKinsey San Francisco last week heard back?
Still no phone call yet. Have friend in midwest got phone call yesterday. Did you hear back yet?
I still haven't heard anything either ... dunno if that's good news or bad news
Any word?
Any 2nd round invites for BCG Chicago after interviews on Aug 23rd?
I have a friend who just got 2nd round invite
I am 0-3 for the year.
McKinsey Off-cycle: 1/18 First round (Chicago), 3/22 Second round (Chicago) ->no offer
BCG: Bridge2BCG Early Interview: 7/19 (Philly)-> No Second round Invite
Bain: 8/19 First round Webex, 8/26 Second round (Boston)-> no offer
Its rough, trying to figure out how to pick myself up and try again maybe next year. Especially after you feel like you got so close. One thing I can say is when the partner calls and they dont sound excited and the 2nd thing out their mouth isnt congratulations....its like damn no offer.
BCG offered no feedback, which I thought was funny because during Bridge they swore everyone would get feedback, but it is not always true. After I didnt get a same day call from Bain I knew it wasnt a good sign.
The one thing I never really understood if you re-apply, your resume isnt going to look that much different than the last time you applied (you might join a club or something but adding things like new research projects would be a tad challenging given the short timeline).
Hey there,
My advice is to do whatever you need to do to mourn, and then start prepping for next year. There is a significant portion of MBB consultants that got it on the second try, and think about it: next time around you will have another year to prep, polish, and have the intrinscit benefit of already knowing how the whole thing works. I am on my second time around (made it to final rounds last year) and am so much more confident that ultimately this will culminate in an offer. Also, invest in working with a coach. It's pricey but you can't argue with the ROI.
As far as your resume being different, get involved with all things consulting you can. Do case competitions or apply for volunteer consulting projects (the big school consulting clubs normally run these once or twice a year). Go to professional conferences, and better yet volunteer at those conferences. The diversity once like ROMBA and national black are great if you qualify for those networks.
Also, I would recommend waiting more than the minimal 6 months to reapply, because they are off-cycle at that point and hiring much fewer people, increasing the likelihood of rejection. Saw several friends go through this.
Go have some whiskey and shake it off. This is doable. Good luck!
how much is a coach? do you know any options?
Update: 1st Round BCG occurred Aug. 23 Invite for final rounds Monday Aug. 26 (5:20pm) via email (Philly office) Final round scheduled for Sept. 13
I noticed that you are re-applying this year. How did you convince the firms to consider your application on consecutive years? I heard that they usually advise you to wait 2 years before reapplying. Thanks!
Still no phone call from McKinsey - this wait is agonizing ...
Sure it is...Feel like the day got ruined.
Has anyone interviewed at McK Boston at Aug. 28-29 not getting response from them?
Dinged after McK R1. Hopefully my recommendation can help those still interviewing or going to in the future.
Based on the feedback I received, I recommend that you not only focus on doing math quickly and creating frameworks to fit the case specifically, but also to make sure to practice developing deeper implications after you answer each quant question. They're essentially looking for evidence of great business sense. The interviewer indicated I had to be prompted for the "so what" and that I too quickly jumped to a conclusion when I should have posed the implication as a hypothesis. Whenever you're brainstorming, also make sure to get creative to also show your biz sense. Finally, always make sure you understand the objective of each question and that you are indeed calculating toward that objective.
Best of luck to all those still in the running!
Thanks for the update. Great feedback.
Mind sharing which office you interviewed with (via DM?) and what was your 1st choice office?
Today it'll be a week since my Mckinsey First round interview. I still haven't heard anything. Should I keep a flicker of hope alive?
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Aah! Good luck to us! Will update here when I hear something. Do you mind telling me your office pref ( maybe tro a dm) ? Mine was west coast flexible and i also had an office in india as third preference.
Anyone interview final round at LEK new york office?
Yes, I did
MBB second round was on Friday 9/13... think my phone will break at the rate I've been checking it...
same here! Why do they torture us
Same. Has anyone received any response yet?
I haven't but I will report back when I do!
Still waiting for BCG too. Literally wake up every 1.5 hours last night dreaming about all of the possible outcomes.
I heard from the Philly office same day (9/13). It was my second time getting to final rounds with that office though, so imagine that sped up the decision.
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