How dificult is it to get into McKinsey even with a senior partner referral?

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Super easy- just put your name on the sign-up sheet and they’ll call you to schedule orientation day.

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There’s a signup button on the site now pretty sure #thatwaseasy

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Correct, likely to get interview but nothing is guaranteed beyond that

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Put it this way, if you have a SP helping you, you should also get access to better case coaching and practice partners

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You may get an interview. But getting an offer is based on interview performance

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It’s good that you have a senior partner going to bat for you. Depends on the role, tenure level, past creds/YOE/education, and then ofc interview performance.

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The interview selection process is intense. Gotta respect they for that.

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A former managing partner at McKinsey referred someone we turned down. I was tasked with delivering the news to the former managing partner.

Meritocracy. You actually don’t know that it was a high level referral until AFTER the interview when you debrief and decide on the TD. It removes any potential conflict of interests

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