I passed my phone screening case interview at McKinsey! Are the subsequent round cases much more difficult? Nervous about the math mostly

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Yes the actual interviews will be significantly more difficult that the phone screening. The phone screening is just to see if you understand the general flow of a case interview.

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I should add congrats though! Exciting step in the process

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Agreed with poster above about ramp in difficulty. I was surprised at how much harder the quant in particular was for the in person round

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Yes to all of the above.

The quant involved complex figures as well

Recently went through the process.
It gets harder. I experienced longer cases, heavier in math, more questions, and of course PEI

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How long did it take to hear back?

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