McKinsey & Consultant interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial Solve assessment, I had two case studies back-to-back.

During the first case interview, the interviewer didn’t seem engaged at all and appeared distracted, which made it harder to find a good rhythm. The second interviewer was better, and the conversation felt more constructive.

Both cases were in the same session flow, so the contrast between the two conversations mattered a lot to me. A few hours later, they called with the results, which made the process feel fairly quick at the final step.

I didn’t receive an offer, and the part that weighed most on me was how much the interviewer engagement affected the experience. Still, the fast

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