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McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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ParisPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I submitted my application, I started with an online test.

After that, I had three interviews on site, and the format was pretty consistent across the later rounds. My second round was two back-to-back interviews: each one mixed a case with a PEI question. Overall that meant two cases and two PEI questions in that stage.

What caught me off guard was how compressed the schedule felt. After the first round, they typically had me do the second and third rounds on the same day, which they called something like “Recruiting Friday.” I had to effectively prepare for three cases and three PEI questions across the day, and it was honestly stressful trying to

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