McKinsey &·Business Analyst

McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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PortugalPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path started with an online solve test that was gamified, and then I moved into two case interviews that were paired with a personal experience interview at the beginning.

The PEI portion lasted about 15–25 minutes, and it set the tone before the heavier problem solving.

After those, there was a final interview focused on testing my expertise. The whole sequence felt rigorous because it wasn’t just one assessment type—it cycled through different formats, and I had to adjust how I performed each time.

I didn’t get an offer, but I did appreciate that the structure was consistent: a gamified screening, then cases with PEI attached, and finally a segment designed to probe what I really understood. The difficulty came from having to switch modes without losing

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