I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Herzliya) in Mar 2010
Interview
I applied online by sending my CV and a personnel cover letter.
the process started quickly as i was summoned to take the problem solving test after a week or so.
i tried practicing using the practice test which are available in the mckinsey web site.
the test itself was a bit harder then the practice one.
i would recommend to pay close attention to the time as during the actual test time wasnt taken into account: at the start no one mentioned the current hour or the finishing hour and no 15 minute alert was read out loud. there was a clock in the classroom but as i didnt notice the hour at the start i wasnt able to use it and spend my time wisely.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
many numerical questions that could be solved very easily or in a complicated manner. i would suggest always looking to strike out candidate answers and not go straight to math
After submitting my application in their portal. In about two days I recevied the link to do their Solve assessment, The assessment had three games. I was however not selected for the next rounds.
Recruiter Round - not that difficult: we dicusssed background, interview timeline, current visa stutus, and limited bahaviroal questions. And I was able to pass into the 1st round interview after this one.
Whole timeline: recruiter interview -> 1 month -> 1st round
The interview process was tricky - several technical and consulting questions were asked. Good preparation is needed to clear it on the basis of data analysis, problem solving and communication.