McKinsey &·Business Analyst

McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Oct 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the recruiter stage, I moved into a first round that was pretty standard: I did two personal experience interviews and two cases.

That format made the pace clear—behavior first, then case problem-solving—and I had to be ready to draw on different stories rather than reuse a single “backup” narrative.

A short while later, I went into the superday with three personal experience interviews and three cases. What surprised me was how much more laid back the superday felt compared to the first round, even though the content still demanded focus. Each interview segment was split into two halves: about 25 minutes for the behavioral discussion and about 25 minutes on one or two cases. Across the day, interviewers were

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