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Could anyone advise on what sort of questions I should be expecting and what kind of experience they would be wanting me to talk about?

Thank you!

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Hagen
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edited on Jan 09, 2025
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Hi there,

First of all, congratulations on the (presumed) invitation from McKinsey!

I would be happy to share my thoughts on your questions:

  • First of all, I would highly advise you to contact the recruiter and/or new consultants to be sure.
  • Moreover, considering that you applied as a delivery consultant for McKinsey SHaPE, I would expect the technical interview to focus on the type of work they do. So I would advise you to do some research on that.
  • Lastly, of course, you can only talk about experiences you have actually had, which seems to be more of a general interview preparation aspect.

You can find more on this topic here: How to succeed in the final interview round.

If you would like a more detailed discussion on how to best prepare for your upcoming McKinsey interviews, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.

Best,

Hagen

Thabang
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on Jan 08, 2025
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Hey there,

Just to clarify, are you asking about what type of questions are asked in interviews for technical consulting roles? If so, it depends directly on what the role is and what skills and technical expertise are required for it. For example, data science roles would ask about coding ability, software language use, process and approaches to specific problems etc. You could expect to go into detail about your technical experience and knowledge, and blend both your theoretical knowledge and practical experience. 

If you could tell me what the technical role is, i could be more specific with questions you could get for that

All the best

Anonymous A
on Jan 08, 2025
Hello, thank you for your reply. It is a Delivery consultant role within the SHAPE team
Han
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on Jan 08, 2025
Ex-Mckinsey EM| Experienced round 1 interviewer | Free 15mins intro call

Hi there, 

 

Congrats on getting an interview for a technical role! I saw your comments to Thabang's answer that it is a delivery consulting role. 

From my personal experience, technical interviews are very similar to those industry-type interviews conducted by companies that specializes in this domain. I would recommend to reach out to the recruiter to see if they can share how the format of the interview looks like to better prepare. But otherwise, just preparing as if this is a technical interview with a non-consulting company would probably be ok. 

Another approach that can be helpful is to reach out to people who are currently in this role, such as through LinkedIn or your network. They typically has gone through the process and have better intel. 

 

Best of luck!

Han

Florian
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on Jan 30, 2025
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Hi there,

Any technical interview consulting firms employ is similar to the McKinsey TEI. If you perform a quick Google search, you will find some helpful articles (I wrote one too - not allowed to link here directly).

Cheers,

Florian

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