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I was a final round interviewer at BCG for both generalist and expert consulting roles for >10 years. I can’t speak for McK, but I expect it’s not radically different. I don’t have hard data in front of me but I’d guess maybe 60% of experienced hires who made it to final round got an offer. Probably a bit lower than that for the large scale recruiting batches (eg post-MBA, undergrad).
Decision conversation after the (typically 2) final round interviews would typically include the final round interviewers, senior consulting lead responsible for recruiting for that domain, plus HR recruiting support. We’d review the interview evaluations (quant and qual) for *all* rounds (not just final round) before deciding.
Example reasons for not getting the role would include:
- 2+ interviews with mediocre case study performance
- 2+ assessments of weak cultural fit
- failure to satisfactorily address feedback given from previous round
I’ve seen people hired where they really bombed one interview / case study but otherwise did really strongly. Conversely I’ve seen people passed over who had done “OK” across the board and we simply had other stronger candidates for the available hiring slots.
This has easily been some of the most valuable feedback I’ve gotten. Thank you.
Just adding for McK, we only go back to prior round performance if there’s a mixed read in final round (like you bombed one quant but crushed the other and we want to see which one was the fluke)
Interviewees for a given level (meaning experienced hires and new grads both interviewing for Associate) are largely evaluated the same way and if you’re interviewing for a “generalist” track role we won’t expect any particular domain knowledge. Anecdotally I do find it tough when I interview someone who has experience in my practice area and they stumble on the specifics / follow-ups…
Thank you!
About 50/50 in my experience, but it’s not a quota/cutoff
For McKinsey, I interviewed for experienced BA a few months ago and got rejected because one of my PEIs was too weak (direct feedback from recruiter), but everything else was fine. I called the partner who rejected me; he gave me pretty clear feedback on what the issue was. Not saying the bar is higher or anything, but it does sound like you need to pass both PEI + case for all final round interviewers to make it.
For BCG, I kind of messed up one of the cases in final round and ended up getting an offer for experienced asc. Not sure how I got through here tbh but maybe honestly had to do with hiring needs, as BCG is growing so much faster so they needed to fill spots more urgently in my case. Make of this what you will.
Correct you need to pass both PEI and case for all interviewers to get an offer and they are equally weighted