McKinsey & Company McKinsey reached out on Monday for an interview on Friday for an associate role with 4 partners doing case and PEI. Is 4 days enough to be ready? Never done case interviews before McKinsey & Company

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Never done a case before? Then no, it’s not enough.

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Don’t listen to this person. I had around 4 days as well. Just do some prep on how to approach cases then it comes down to intrinsics

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I did zero prep before my first case interview and got the McK offer. Obviously I don’t recommend that as a plan, but case interviews are about testing your thinking. Prep is valuable but if you have the raw skills that’s a huge leg up — put in the time over the next 4 days and you’ll be ok.

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Just wing it

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If you can ask for extension, ask for one.
You literally have nothing to lose doing so

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I recommend spending a bit more time on brushing up and practicing cases with others. My experience was that i couldnt really read my way to case solving, i needed practice with an actual person (had never done a case before my mck interview). I also spent a while on basic mental math because i was completely out of practice

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Literally basic math. Eg 4x8. Sometimes they ask you to do some relatively simple math in your head, and you also need to do math on paper for the cases. But i’d legit forgotten my times tables. I used an app called ‘mental math’ to refresh, which is probably why i referred to it as mental math 😆

Having just been in this situation myself, it seems the bar is low. Practice some cases and brush up on frameworks

It’ll be right. If you’re a smooth talker and reasonably good at mental math that’s already a great foundation…recommend watching some YouTube videos of people casing and then just try to mimic them.

Read bulletproof problem solving. It’s written by McKinsey partners and is a breakdown of cases in their problem solving methodology

Which office was this?

Atlanta

Ask recruiter for a buddy who can give you a practice case today or tomorrow

PC1 comment is accurate

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