Today Glassdoor released its annual list of the 25 most difficult companies to interview with, based on 80,000 interview ratings and reviews shared throughout the past year.
Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. tops the list, with a 3.9 difficulty rating (based on a 5.0 scale).
One candidate described their experience interviewing with the firm on Glassdoor:
“I applied directly on the McKinsey site for the junior research analyst position and had a 1-on-1 initial interview with HR before two 1-on-1 interviews with Research Associates. I was then asked to go in for the McKinsey Problem Solving Test, which I passed. Then I had three 1-on-1 interviews with Senior Research Associates from the teams in Chicago, Toronto, and Seattle. ... Overall, I had a good experience interviewing with McKinsey (despite not getting an offer after all of that). 1-on-1 interviews were non-technical and more fit-based. There were questions about background in research and quantitative analysis experience.”
Here is the full list:
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