We want you to succeed

At McKinsey, we help tackle the world’s most important problems, while providing our people with unrivaled professional development experiences. Our colleagues help reshape institutions and industries through technology and innovation.

Joining us means you’ll have unparalleled opportunities to learn and grow. And you won’t tackle any of these challenges alone.

Our values define who we are as a firm and who we aspire to be as individual colleagues. They are the guiding principles that shape our actions and are essential to fulfilling our two-part mission to help our clients make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance, and to build a great firm that attracts, develops, excites and retains exceptional people.

We look at talent through the lens of who they are and their potential. We aim to attract individuals with diverse backgrounds, which is critical to help us deliver distinctive client service, and also to make our firm a richer and better place. During your interview*, we'll ask you to share examples from your personal experiences. Your responses to these questions help us understand your accomplishments and challenges beyond your CV and discover skills you possess that will help you thrive at McKinsey.

We suggest that you prepare two personal examples to demonstrate your skills in the areas highlighted below. During your interview, you should speak in a conversational style about your examples and share details about the challenges, goals, and actions you took to create change.

If you are interested in McKinsey careers beyond consulting, you can learn more about the assessment process for our internal roles here.

_{*Please note, not all interviews at McKinsey require a case study or follow this format. Please contact your recruiter for details about your process.}