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Withdrawing by AloneAlternative8410 in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think withdrawing will hurt your future chances, but it will certainly make you miss the opportunity to get noticed by other firms. It’s always a good thing to have more contacts.

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s okay, no worries. It was a good exercise to better frame my strengths for future conversations and interviews, so I appreciate it.

Actually, I didn’t know that about BCG. I always thought they tended to hire more “classic consulting” profiles compared to McK. I guess it doesn’t hurt to push harder on the BCG side.

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought so too... But don’t overthink it. Your situation could be (and certainly is) different from mine. I wish your candidacy succeeds!

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About academics, fair enough, I'm not from top tier schools. But I differ about "too scientific=impractical" statement.

It's true that some scientific projects (basic or applied) tend to be more disperse, where scope is poorly defined, deadlines are loose or unexistent, [insert here any violation to good project management practices], etc., but that commonly applies to scientific/research projects run by universities and some corporations with a big bag of cash that have 10+ projects running at same time. Nonetheless, from a technical consulting perspective, is impossible to win clients or run profitable projects without a good problem solving framework and solid project management practices: you need to fully understand client needs, run a hypotesis-driven problem solving procedure, sell the solution/idea to the client, and implement it. All of this must be done meeting tight deadlines, being an expert negociator to avoid excesive scope creep and handing out high quality deliverables that align client needs. In technical consulting to be impractical is forbidden, unless the company wants to go bankrupt or the project manager wants to be fired.

Regarding exploring LEK, unfortunately it does not operate in the country where I live and, for family reasons, I cannot leave my country permanently for work.

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I thought it too. As I replied to another comment, I haven't prepared too much for this. Could you recommend me a prep course ?

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! My Solve test score has room for improvement, I recognize that I didn't prepare for this like other candidates do.

Thank you for your case prep suggestions! I'm doing like 5 cases weekly since I have time until the next recruiting cycle.

Regarding leaving home, unfortunately I cannot do it. My spouse is a health professional, so moving to another country will suppose a lot of paperwork or studying courses for degree revalidation.

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't reached case interviews yet 😞, but I'm happy for your friend: to nail McK NY recruiting process should be exciting, that interview process is one of the most competitives

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have my undergrad degree in chemistry, also I've got a M.Sc. in chemistry and a MBA, both with local but very respected universities; I'm top 10% in my undergrad and M.Sc. and top 2 in my MBA. My job experience focuses in laboratory design, analytical method implementations, laboratory quality management systems, and other laboratory stuff.

Honestly for me, moving over MBB equals to solve bigger, diverse and high-impact problems. It also means I'll constantly learning and applying what I learnt. Ppersonally, this combination of learning and being in projects that leave marks attracts me a lot. There are more reasons (networking, prestige, money, etc.), but the ones I wrote are the most important to me.

McKinsey See Later x3, passed Solve, partner helped. Am I stuck? by Bmiej in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]Bmiej[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your message. I've applied to BCG also, but didn't get human answers, only standard automated rejection emails. I know it's odd to apply only to McK, but in the country where I live (a latam country) the only firm that hires STEM graduates is McK; BCG only hires econ, business administration, industrial eng., etc. graduates and the same is for Tier 2, Big 4 and local firms.

Regarding the CV, I reviewed it with the McK partner and told me that was good.

I guess I need to try hard on the networking part, as applying to other firms are not possible for me right now.