McKinsey & Company interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
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How others got an interview
- 21%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 9%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%In PersonIn Person
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McKinsey & Company interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at McKinsey & Company as 64.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.72 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Consulting Intern and Associate Principal rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Media Coordinator and IT Technician roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at McKinsey & Company takes an average of 40 days when considering 4,384 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Junior Project Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Product Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 330 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at McKinsey & Company according to 4,384 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Skills test: 16%
Phone interview: 15%
Presentation: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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