I don’t understand how firms make decisions on who they interview. I have an interview with McKinsey for EM…but BCG passed on me at PL. It makes no sense.

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Got offers at McK and Bain out of undergrad… didn’t even get an interview at BCG. It’s a black box, and an imperfect process. I wouldn’t overthink it.

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So weird.

It makes no sense until you think about how many applications MBB get. We're not as exclusive as Deloitte, but also we can only interview a few percent of incoming candidates. It's very difficult to standardize and rank CVs in an objective way and firms might weigh different factors one way or the other.

Also : that's why we have referral systems - they provide a qualified opinion on a candidate and vastly increase chances of getting to the interview stage.

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Lol! Even MBBs are not immune to self inflicted harm from idiosyncratic processes. Take it with humor and focus on the McK interview!

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Just apply again or reach out in a different way, eventually you’ll get a hit

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Lateral PL entry has very different requirement

… and as a mirror of your experience, I got dinged without interview at McK, but got offers from BCG and Bain!

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Yeah me too haha

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