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McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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HungaryPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screening, I moved into a first round that was basically two separate 1:1 interviews with two different hiring managers.

Each interview mixed personal experience interview questions with problem-solving, and both of them pushed me on how I structured my thinking. I could feel that they wanted a clear, math-and-logic approach rather than vague storytelling.

One of the interviews threw me off because the interviewer’s style felt particularly unfriendly, but the other hiring manager was much easier to talk to. Even so, the through-line was the same: I had to stay structured, communicate my reasoning, and keep my math organized. I didn’t leave feeling completely confident, mostly because I had to balance

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