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Updated 7 Feb 2025

Top McKinsey & Company Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. The CEO of a chain of private hospitals wants to reduce attrition among senior doctors. This is a serious issue because when senior doctors leave they take along patients ...read more
    asked in Consultant interview
  • Q2. Growth of cars vs growth of motorbikes - which would grow faster in % terms? A: Economic factor the main reason to go for bikes. Shift from lower middle to upper middle, ...read more
    asked in Business Analyst interview
  • Q3. You own an e-commerce website which sells jewellery, fashion products and apparel majorly for women. You have spent a good amount on marketing the site but still are in l ...read more
    asked in Intern interview
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McKinsey & Company Interview Experiences

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 7 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

This aptitude + technical MCQ test was of 120 minutes in duration. Had MCQs on quantitative ability, logical ability, Language, and technical MCQs consisted of questions on DBMS, OS, Networks, DSA. There were two coding questions as well. One on Bit Manipulating, and the other on DFS.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. A question on BFS very similar to Leetcode 924. Was given one hour to discuss and come to an optimized solution with the interviewer.
Round 4 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Search an element in a sorted and rotated array
  • Ans. 

    Search an element in a sorted and rotated array

    • Find the pivot point where the array is rotated

    • Divide the array into two sub-arrays based on pivot point

    • Perform binary search on the appropriate sub-array

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. SQL query on left join
  • Q3. Questions on CPP memory management
  • Q4. Questions related to projects done
Round 5 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Propose a system for a popular media stream service
  • Ans. 

    Proposed system for a popular media stream service

    • Implement a recommendation engine to suggest content based on user preferences and viewing history

    • Integrate with social media platforms to allow users to share and discuss content

    • Provide multiple subscription options with varying levels of access and features

    • Ensure high-quality streaming with minimal buffering through the use of content delivery networks

    • Implement robust...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions related to Fullstack Tech Stacks
Round 6 - Case Study 

Guesstimate on number of Reddit users in India. No starting input was given. Gave solution by using bottom to top approach. Tried to focus on quantifying teenagers with internet access and a particular interest about internet. Gave a figure around ~1 million in a year.

Round 7 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Where do you see yourself at McKinsey?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for McKinsey & Company Software Engineer interview:
  • DSA
  • DBMS
  • Web Development
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Show leadership potential. Be honest. They are smart, they are McKinsey, they know what's what. If appearing for software profile, the preparation is no different from what's needed for other companies. They are highly selective. Rest assured; it will be good experience, keep your head up.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude - verbal, quant, reasoning

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Walk me through balance sheet
Round 4 - Behavioral interview 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about a time you had to deal with multiple stakeholders

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - easy interviews. just be confident with your answers

Financial Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Suppose you have 10000 US dollars with you, out of which you took a loan of 5000 US Dollars. Now suppose you have purchased two assets of 5000 US Dollars each, one through cash and other through bank loan. How would you show this transactio... read more
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Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 25 Mar 2023

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How do you feel, what is your take on the session McKinsey organized?
Round 2 - Case Study 

How can a paints company expand: company operates in 3 segments Mass, Middle, Premium? Should the company expand in mass?
I covered the growth framework wherein I suggested that we could increase current product, expand the market, develop new product, diversify through forward and backward integration.

I did lot of data crunching in the middle.

I finally concluded that company should not expand in mass as it is dominated by niche players, and they have strong distribution channels. It would be difficult to compete with and would hamper the brand image of the company.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go through past interview experiences from the casebook.

Top McKinsey & Company Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. The CEO of a chain of private hospitals wants to reduce attrition among senior doctors. This is a serious issue because when senior doctors leave they take along patients as well as junior staff.
View answer (2)

Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How would you pass an entry for travel expenses incurred and paid by employee and was reimbursed? How would the end to end flow happens
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

2 back to back rounds on generic consulting case study types, ie profit and revenue issues for a company etc.

Round 2 - Case Study 

4 interviews in total. each interview consisted of one case study and one PEI question

Top McKinsey & Company Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Growth of cars vs growth of motorbikes - which would grow faster in % terms? A: Economic factor the main reason to go for bikes. Shift from lower middle to upper middle, increasing growth rate for cars more than for bikes
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Business Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. You have 10 boxes of balls (each ball weighing exactly10 gm) with one box with defective balls (each one of the defective balls weigh 9 gm). You are given an electronic weighing machine and only one chance at it. How will you find out which... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

It was an easy task which included english, logical reasoning and multi-tasking.

Round 3 - Telephonic Call 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why you did not want to do PG. Will it be okay for you to work in any shifts What will be your contribution to McKinsey
  • Ans. 

    I did not want to pursue a PG because I wanted to gain practical experience and start my career immediately.

    • I wanted to gain practical experience and start my career immediately

    • I believed that hands-on experience would be more valuable than further academic study

    • I wanted to apply my skills and knowledge in a real-world setting

    • I felt that pursuing a PG would delay my entry into the workforce

    • I wanted to start building my...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. To give reviews about the presentation.
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. There were totally 3 rounds. 1 was technical and the other 2 was personal interview.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for your personal interview, recollect all your challenging life experiences.
The questions were based on a situation. The interviewer will expect us to answer something based on our real life experiences.

Business Presentation Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Find maximum PowerPoint sheet discrepancies and document them.
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Workflow Planner Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 1 Apr 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(10 Questions)

  • Q1. Customer service delivery related
  • Q2. How you will handle a disappointed client for not delivering agreed task?
  • Q3. Strength and weakness definition
  • Q4. Why you are interested to join the firm?
  • Q5. Tell about your last job responsibilities?
  • Q6. How long are you planning to stay if you are selected?
  • Q7. Ask if there are any questions that you have?
  • Q8. Tell me a situation that you shown the leadership quality?
  • Q9. Select and define about something that you achieved with hardworking?
  • Q10. What you do first with handling a irritated customer, how you provide a good service?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Answer the questions or explain the scenarios geneue basis with good clarity.

Repeat the question if you are not clear or not understand.

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Gaming test to test the analytical problem solving skills

Round 2 - Case Study 

Business problem case study

Round 3 - Case Study 

Business problem case study

Senior Associate Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. On an average, how many invoices can you process in a day?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Case Study 

Simple Data Science Case Study

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python knowledge related questions
Round 3 - Case Study 

Data Science Case Study

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Special Sum of ArrayYou have been given an array/list ‘arr’ of length ‘N’, which contains single digit elements at every index. Your task is to return the sum of all elements of the array. But the final sum should also be a single digit. To... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank online assessment

Round 2 - Case Study 

Case study with a little bit of math for scenario based questions

Round 3 - Coding Test 

2 questions of coding with a live interviewer

Round 4 - Coding Test 

Behavioral and coding with a senior engineer

Round 5 - Behavioral interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you handle conflicts
  • Q2. What was the most challenging problem you had to solve so far

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on DSA, do a little bit of case studies with back of the envelope estimations and prepare thoroughly for behavioral interviews as they could be tricky

Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray SumGiven an array of numbers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray of the array. For example, given the array [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86], the maximum sum would be 137, since we would take elements 42, 14, -5, and ... read more
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Graphic Designer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 13 Mar 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

They check how quick are you

Round 2 - Assignment 

PowerPoint test and other skill test

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1st round of discussion
  • Q2. They want to know you basically
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Managers rounds.. There will be 3 rounds after this
  • Q2. Again basic questions
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Compensation discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Duration of interview is long.. It took me 2 months 🤣🤣.. Seriously.. But make sure to be yourself.. They like good funny and responsible people

Graphic Designer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If assignment goes perfect and you are suitable for the job then only you will be able to face this final round and in this round asking about the expected salary but at the end offers their criteria with fix salary only.
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McKinsey & Company Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in McKinsey & Company interview?
McKinsey & Company interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the McKinsey & Company interview process are Case Study, One-on-one Round and HR.
How to prepare for McKinsey & Company interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at McKinsey & Company. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at McKinsey & Company expect are Analytical Chemistry, MS Office, Consulting, Communication Skills and Customer Service.
What are the top questions asked in McKinsey & Company interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the McKinsey & Company interview -

  1. There is a chairman of a conglomerate. He has been on the post for 10 years, an...read more
  2. Growth of cars vs growth of motorbikes - which would grow faster in % terms? A:...read more
  3. You own an e-commerce website which sells jewellery, fashion products and appa...read more
How long is the McKinsey & Company interview process?

The duration of McKinsey & Company interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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