Consult interviews

McKinsey
2 rounds of interviews
Both heavily case based
 1st round (2 cases)
 2nd round (1 case and an interview)
Round 1 : McKinsey -
Case 1
Beverage Major – Wants to enter the country
 Estimate the potential and demand for its drinks
 What should be the right approach to do this?

“What they look for is your approach to the

problem. Not the exactness of your
solution”
Need not know exact figures. (But
demographic details, industry figures help)
“I used the Bottom-Up approach. They were
impressed with that”
 Round 1 : McKinsey -
Case 2
Pharma company
 Given: current trends
 Given : Their product details, relationships with
suppliers, target customers
 How should they grow?
Approaches
 Research
 Shifting therapeutic profile
 Life style drugs
“They might ask you a case based on something that
you have on your CV”
 Round 2 : McKinsey - 1
Case
Theatre company
 Is running into huge losses
 Popular – shows whenever run, run to fill capacity
 Scenario given: What are your recommendations?
They want you to identify items of cost and items
of revenue. Then think about how to manage
them.
Options:
Leasing, Renting
Graded seating
More shows – “effect of stars”
“They want you to pinpoint the key issues
perfectly”
 Round 2 : McKinsey
Interview
Personal
“What kind of leader do you see yourself
to be?”
“On what do you base the answer to the
previous question?”
A bit about projects
Invite questions from you – Important to
be keen on this
 BCG
2 rounds
 1 round – 2 Back to back cases
 High emphasis on cases

 We have information on only Round 1

 BCG : Round 1:Case 1
A client wants to invest in either Leather
or Textiles. He wants to set up shop in a
poor African country. The demand for
both is going to rise rapidly. Exports
opportunities are similar.
Which industry will you go for? Client
wants you to look at the welfare of the
country when you make your decision.
They will give you figures for costs,
growth rates, industry trends,
alternatives.
 BCG : Round 1:Case 2
Boiler manufacturer.
Staggering sales
3-4% growth potential
Options:
 Acquisition
 Component development

 Alternative products

 Exports
Happy Consulting!! 