McKinsey &·Business Analyst

McKinsey & Business Analyst interview experience

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

Once I got through the earlier screening, I ended up doing two back-to-back virtual interviews where each session ran about an hour.

Before the case part, I went through a personal experience interview question, and then it moved quickly into a case that was information-dense enough to feel a bit confusing on first read. What stood out was how closely the interviewer probed my thought process during the behavioral story, with follow-up questions that made me slow down and explain what I was thinking as the narrative unfolded.

The case itself didn’t feel impossible, but I had to stay organized because the material could be messy. I also noticed how much the communication style affected things: in my second round, I ran

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