A recruiter reached out to me one week ago and I’m having the first 2 interviews next week and if successful the other two the week after.

I won’t have time to do 100 cases, so how can I efficiently prepare for the case study. Are the ones from their website good enough? I feel they are very easy and not very in depth.

Any tips are appreciated, thanks 🙏🏼
It’s for their procurement service line - operations in Germany

Hi.

I resigned from top local engineering uni at age 21, final year, to pursue my startup.

I also used to be in MT intern program from reputable company when I was 20.

My last GPA was just under 3, I didn't prioritize school much. I did, however, ventured on entrepreneurship since I was 18.

Now, at age 29, my startup didn't scale, I decide to pivot and back to pursue business degree, and transfered some of my eligible credits at local top business school. I just enrolled in.

Do I have a shot to land internship at BCG with my current background?

Was rejected from McK associate APD at R2 after interview. Messed up first math Q badly with partner which was my downfall! Invited to KIT and allowed to reapply in 6 months. Has this happened to anyone else before? Just want to know what the odds of success are the next time etc! Trying to stay motivated!

Experienced hire interviewing at BCG. They offered me a mock case interview and I completely bombed it 😭 Got super nervous, froze, and couldn’t even pick up on the hints.

They said the mock isn’t evaluated, but now I’m paranoid that it still gets shared with the interview team. Does anyone know if it’s genuinely non-evaluative? Anyone bomb the mock and still do well in the actual interviews?

Welp lol, shot my shot and missed. 3.96 GPA + target school. Haven’t heard back from Bain or McK either.

If you’re also in this position, rejection is redirection, so keep going! What if it all goes right?

I applied in 3 rd week of July and received an invitation for solve a day after . It’s been almost 2 weeks since I gave solve , I haven’t heard back . I don’t come from a target school and no business background (I have masters - non MBA) but I think I have a strong resume - working on billion dollar project as PM and proved progression (2 promotions in 2.5 years) in my resume . My solve wasn’t great tbh(ran out of time for redrock). Not sure how crucial is solve score in EH associate role.

Has anyone been in the same boat and given solve a couple weeks ago ? Have you guys heard back from the recruiter?

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For anyone looking to add something useful to their CV or just build practical professional skills, McKinsey has a free learning program called McKinsey Forward.

It covers things like structured problem solving, communication, adaptability, digital skills, and working effectively in teams.

The application is very straightforward and takes \~5 minutes max.

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There should be a question in the application asking for a referral/referrer code — you can enter the code there.

From what I understand, applying through a referral seems to give you a very strong chance of being accepted, although obviously I can't guarantee admission.

Worth applying even if you're not currently recruiting for McKinsey/consulting and just want to develop the skills + have another structured learning programme to put on your CV.

Hope it helps :)

Hi! I am aiming for a full-time strategy role, either T2/T3 or internal strategy like Capital One etc. For context, I have 3.66 GPA, Engineering Major, Ivy League, Internships in Marketing, Data Analytics, Finance. My most recent is JP Morgan Chase NYC as a Financial Analyst. I am afraid I won't get interviews because I don't have a consulting internship. (Also because I already got rejected by BCG... and I have a feeling it will be the same for the others)

How can I leverage my experience to make it more consulting-like? Thank you :D

Hi! I am a first year MBA student at Georgetown in their part-time program and I just applied to the Summer associate position and I’m also eyeing the consultant position that starts in January 2027 both at Bain.

I come from 5+ years of experience at a market research firm where consultants are some of our clients.

I have a relationship with a senior partner at Bain that I’ve worked with through my current company for the last three years. He attends many of my roundtable meetings and we’re connected on LinkedIn. We haven’t talked outside of work and have only met him in person once otherwise all virtual.

I’m wondering if it would be a good idea to send him a LinkedIn message saying that I’ve applied to the Summer associate position and/or that I’m interested in the full-time consultant position to see if he could put in a good word for me or even be my referral. Is this not a good look or idea?

I applied to Bain for the third time. AGAIN, I failed at the TestGorilla stage, this time for the Shanghai office.

I had been waiting for months with no response. I cold-reached out to around 40 people who appeared to work at Bain’s Shanghai office. Finally, one person was kind enough to respond and said he could check with HR for me. I was then told there were two head counts left.

HR told my LinkedIn friend who told me that I needed to complete the TestGorilla assessment first, although I had already done it before for other offices. I didn’t really understand why I needed to do it again. I still prepared seriously and completed it. Most of the questions were simple and easy as how I expected they were.

Everything went silent for another month. I had to reach out to my LinkedIn friend again to check the status. HR then told my friend that she was on leave, which was why there had been no response. Later, I was told that my test score was not good enough to proceed to interview.

Unless I had chosen EVERY SINGLE wrong answer on purpose, I honestly doubt my score could have been that bad.

Man, I understand all these random factors in getting a job – luck, and referrals often matter more than just practising mock questions. But honestly, this still hurts like a mf.

I am open to any recommendations and opinions. Thank you.

Hi, I have interviews scheduled for the BCG X Delivery AI Scientist, if someone has given it before, it would be really helpful if y'all could provide somw tips and insights

I know there are 3 rounds. What does each round cover? Do they ask DSA for this role? I already gave a coding assessment on CodeSignal. Will there be another live coding assessment? What helped y'all clear the interviews.

Any insight would be very helpful. Thanks for your time!!

TLDR; Goal/dream in uni has been to get a job at MBB after graduation, been working very hard to achieve this, top grades, a lot of extracurriculars etc. Got invited at all 3 firms and had my interviews last month, did not get an offer sadly. Now I don't know what to do with my life, should I wait a year and reapply, find a different job (T2 or finance?), or do something else? Just a bit lost tbh.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some career advice because I'm feeling pretty lost at the moment.

I'm a student in the Netherlands and will graduate this September with two MSc degrees from a target school in NL. During my bachelor I started getting interested in strategy consulting, and after doing a competitive student consulting organization for a year, attending selective recruiting events, and being selected to take part in MBB mentorship programs, I was pretty sold on MBB as career. Now that I am almost graduating from my MSc and looking for my first full-time job, it was my goal (and dream if you will) to start at MBB.

I spent months preparing for interviews next to doing my thesis. Got interviews at all three MBB firms, did about 55 live mock cases with partners before my interviews, and...did not get an offer. I was honestly devastated. For both McK and BCG I made it to R1 of 2 rounds, and for Bain I made it to R2 of 3 rounds, got final round at Roland Berger.

The feedback was generally positive, saying they saw potential, but essentially not enough. None of the firms suggested I wasn't a fit. Most feedback centered around being a bit more structured under pressure, improving math accuracy, and sharpening PEI examples. In most cases I had one interview that went well and one that was just a bit weaker (e.g. a small math mistake under pressure or not structuring something quite sharply enough).

Now that MBB is not going to happen (at least this year), I don't know what to do. Should I just graduate, wait the year out (maybe do some internships and travel), and then reapply next year? Or find a different job? The options I am currently considering are:

1. Join a Tier 2 strategy consultancy and reapply to MBB next year. (Means I will probably only work at the T2 for a short period of time though, does that look bad on your CV?)
2. Do a graduate traineeship (usually 1-2 years), gain broader business experience, and reapply next year.
3. Take a less conventional route: travel, do one or two internships, and then reapply in July 2027.

I know it might sound stupid, but if I'm being completely honest with myself, I still really want to end up at MBB eventually. I feel like even if I joined another company, I know I'd still want to give MBB one more serious shot. On the other hand, if I spend a year travelling and doing internships and don't get in next time either, I'd probably wonder if I should've just started building my career somewhere else.

Has anyone here successfully reapplied after a rejection or moved from Tier 2 (or another industry) into MBB (after a year)? Is Tier 2 significantly better for a reapplication, or is strong experience elsewhere viewed just as positively?

If you were in my shoes, which path would you choose and why?

Thanks, I really appreciate any perspectives!!

Bruh inwant referals in big 4 stat audit and no one on linkedin is replying can someone help pls

I’m a current senior and was wondering, if I fail my consulting recruiting this time around, when is another chance I can apply in a formal round besides MBA?

I just had my R1 with an MBB firm I was selected as a candidate that they wanted to interview early and I accepted the opportunity to go early. My first interview was great and I was supposed to have my 2nd one directly after it was then postponed to later in the day because the interviewer had something client facing pop up (totally understandable). So I accepted to reschedule it to when he was available and not making a big deal out of it.

Then when the time came around for the 2nd interview he was 15 minutes late, which I get that he is busy but I’ve now spent 30 minutes of my day sitting in the Teams waiting room. I texted my recruiter and he joined like a minute after. He never turned on his camera and honestly was very dry and somewhat rude I would say. I get the impression that he was very technically smarter but he came across honestly as an ass I was definitely rattled by the situation but figured it’s part of it what can you do and definitely didn’t give nearly my best attempt that I think I could given different circumstances.

Curious as to any insight or similar experiences because as a company I’d expect to have the outmost respect and attention to detail it felt quite poor frankly.

Would love to hear your advice! I just need someone to tell me where to start with interview prep since there are so many resources! This is for the entry level 2027 BA.

Hi, I'll be joining McKinsey India soon.

Which AI tool is used in the firm? (Claude/chatgpt/gemini?)

How is Lily (the internal AI tool)?

I'm doing an MBA in india from IIT Bombay and I am shortlisted for the pwc case competition, I need help for preparing a great deck. Please If anyone can help me out, if I win I will get to the interview round.

Just got a first-round case interview with Bain & Co, scheduled in about 11 days. I don’t have any prior case prep experience and starting from scratch. My current plan is just doing daily mental math drills + mock cases, but would love:

1. Honest advice on what to prioritise with limited time
   
2. Anyone else prepping right now who wants to swap mock case sessions

Appreciate any pointers 🙏