McKinsey & Business Analyst interview: case pace and opaque decisions

I applied online and waited for the Solve-style assessment and next steps. I advanced after the pre-screen, but the connection between the test and interview decisions wasn't clear to me. Even when I asked later, I couldn't fully understand the scoring and matching. At one stage, it seemed that both my assessment and resume affected whether I moved forward. The live interviews paired personal exp…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.