McKinsey &·Business Analyst

McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

New York, NYPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first round followed a clear two-part structure repeated across two interviews.

Each one started with a behavioural discussion built around PEI questions that were disclosed ahead of time, and then it moved straight into a case interview.

The cases were math heavy, which made the pace and precision feel important. I remember having to be careful about calculations and about communicating the steps of my reasoning while staying on track with the case prompt.

The round was difficult overall and I didn’t receive an offer. My takeaway was that even when the behavioural portion was straightforward because the PEI questions were known, the math intensity of the case portion

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