McKinsey &·Business Analyst

McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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Washington, DCPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first round was built around resume/Solve Game, followed by a sequence of interviews that mixed behavioural-style PEI with case work.

The structure felt pretty standard for consulting: I went through two rounds total, with the first round covering two interviews and the second round adding more interviews. In each round, I did a PEI segment and then a case segment after it.

The PEI piece was shorter—about fifteen minutes—and then the case interview followed for roughly forty minutes. The process was challenging overall, and I remember having to switch gears repeatedly between talking through experiences and then applying the same level of structure to the case questions.

I didn’t receive an offer, and the main thing that

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