need to prepare for personal stories and case studies exactly as they tell you, do not try to be creative, and lie whenever necessary. Make up stories that are highly challenging, direct, easy to follow, all punchlines, stories where you engaged lots of people and accomplished a big goal. Forget about your personality or interests
one interviewer was disruptive..yawning a lot, looking out the window to the hallway to a view of a girl doing yoga, futsing with the cables of his laptop, and disrupting my thought process answering the math on the case study. He was also unprepared from the outset and had to check his computer to make sure he was following the proper protocol
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a challenging problem you had to solve in a limited amount of time
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (‘Ushayrah, Riyadh Province)
Interview
Rigorous but fair questions - mostly case based. Two sets of interviews x 2 rounds. You only get invited back for the afternoon if you pass the morning round. They expect a high degree of mental math and creativity. Worth prepping for standard case interview style questions, using frameworks but able to adapt them.
I interviewed at McKinsey & Company (Washington, DC)
Interview
Long process with little to no communication, good folks though. Not too difficult just time consuming. Pulled out after the first round as I lost interest, but appreciated the opportunity to interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Prior experience and what I wanted out of the role
The interview process is structured and demanding. It includes a resume screen, problem solving tests, and multiple case interviews with personal experience questions. It’s objectively hard, testing structured thinking, communication, and calm under pressure. Not impossible but you must prepare seriously.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to walk through a case and clearly structure the problem first. How I broke it down mattered more than getting the final answer right.