McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company I finished my round two interviews yesterday, while two went really good ( 1 with partner and second with an expert), the third interview was not ideal. The big issues was understanding the graphs as it was quite complex. However, I finished the case, but the performance was not as good as the first two. Do you think I will still make it or no?

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Hard to say based on this…You’re likely overthinking it.
Try to relax and enjoy your weekend.
Good luck!

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Ok - yes. Though difficult to enjoy 😅

i had the same experience 4 years ago. i made it second rounds. first interview went not great, and the latter two went good. did not get offer. a lot of the time, if mckinsey wants to extend an offer, they’ll call the same day. mine was on a friday, so by the time i made it to the airport and i still hadn’t heard back, i knew it wasn’t good news. the following monday, the EM called me and told me that i had not received the offer

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Not always the case though! You get a call the same day as the decision meeting (for hire or turndown, usually) - decision meetings are supposed to be the same day, but sometimes they aren’t!

Op, as other have said. Try to relax. I blew one of my cases in final round and here we are. It is true that many times they call you same day or day after, but NOT always the case. The case is ONLY half the interview (could be even less) so do not over-index on it. Finally we DO NOT look for perfection (that is just people trying to justify not making it), as other have said here. We look for spikes among 4 clear dimensions (case speaks to 1 only). You need at least 1 spike. Your results are the combination of all interviews not just one. GL

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McKinsey is kind of focused on perfection so you honestly may get dinged for it.

Had the same thing happen to me, didn't get an offer. Don't want to discourage, who knows.

Sending good vibes 🙏 out of your control now anyway

✨Sending you good vibes! ✨ If it’s any consolation I didn’t know how to structure the quant in one of my final rounds, and after walking through it with the partner and acing the other two interviews made it through!

I knocked my first two cases and PEI out of the park. Third interview great PEI horrible case and here I am

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