Hi. I have a final round interview with McKinsey for an associate role. I am post-mba and would come into McK as an associate. I was hoping some mckinsey people could give me some pointers about how

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Congratulations! They definitely see something in you. I’d suggest don’t do anything different than before; maybe focus your prep on what you want to be remembered for. Your final round will likely be with a Partner/Senior Partner, so (in my opinion) if you can display flexibility (they can go off script) without losing analytical horsepower and a uniqueness to you that is not forced, you’ll do great. In my final round, we stopped mid-case and talked about tourism economies after a comment I made about an article I read.

It also wouldn’t hurt to have a chat with the recruiter and pose this question openly. I can’t imagine you’d get penalized. They are super transparent and helpful. There’s no tricks.

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PEI/Fit for me was the same as the earlier round, but the case portion with the SP definitely went off script and into a brainstorming/discussion session

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To be successful in the final round. Feedback from first round was really strong so I feel like I have a real chance. Sorry my question isn’t more specific but anything is appreciated. Thank you!

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From Manager to Associate?

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Yep. I’m only one year out of MBA.

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Good luck!

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I am not interviewer trained so the above is just from experience. No clue how grading works. My
assumption is it’s weighted equally bc we care a lot about what personalities we’re putting in front of a client and bringing into our offices.

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Be sure to be structured for everything. On my final round with McKinsey, the managing partner who was interviewing me was asking me about my previous work experience and then turned that into the case. I was unaware that this became the case before it was too late, and my responses were relatively unstructured. I didn’t pass because of this.

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Yes but he also worked at my previous company years ago so he was pretty familiar with types of problems we would face.

Which Practice?

generalist, so their standard track

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Is final round virtual given conditions?

Interesting thanks! I have been holding off on trying to lateral but may apply given this

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