I made it through 2 rounds of interviews at McKinsey before getting rejected. Both rounds were case studies. Does this mean I can put “ex-McKinsey” on my LinkedIn now??

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Sure. Like Kanye can write Ex-President now.

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Well played McK1 😂

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Yes, but only in the header.

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Damn I’m so glad you brought this up I’ve interviewed at FAANG. About to 10x the recruiter messages I get. Lesss ****ing go

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Interview finalist seems more prestigious

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Yeah, no.

Hahahahahha yes

Maybe ex-interview candidate?

Yeah why not who cares

I got rejected by both McKinsey (final round) and Goldman Sachs (after a live coding in Python that I resolved but got no text back), my LinkedIn about to be lit!

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