McKinsey & Consultant interview experience

The PEI questions themselves were already laid out publicly, which helped me feel less blind going in. The case part was tougher than I expected, especially on the quantitative side—there was real rigor in the quant work, including what I remember as chart clearing.

During the case, the interviewers kept pushing hard on the initial framework. What surprised me was how much they nudged my thinking until the structure was satisfactory, almost steering me back when my early framing wasn’t where they wanted it. I remember getting to the end of the case and then realizing the final answer didn’t