Thank you so much for the great content!! I am a tax accountant in public accounting looking forward to transitioning to consulting. Your videos have helped a lot!!
Hi Katherine.. I am so happy UA-cam introduced your channel to me. As I write to you, my career is going forward with a consultant role at EY's internal audit team in its Mumbai office. Bagged this role two days ago. I have a goal and that is to join Me Kinsey's Management Consulting team and gain the career I have dreamed on. I have subscribed to your channel and taking notes to work on myself. Mine is a non-target school and I still will shoot for Mc Kinsey! Will keep writing to you. Wishing you a healthier new year with more personal satisfaction. Ashu
Thank you for the video, Katherine. I have my interview in one week and this would definitely come in handy. Recommending your video to my friends as well P.S: Please can you do a video on generating insights from charts without rambling?
Hi Katherine, thank you for making the video! It's been my dream to work at Mckinsey since undergrad, however I had some difficult landing an interview due to low GPA when I graduated from a top tier school engineering program. I ended up working in a big four consulting firm in a non-strategy consulting role for the past 2 years. My question is: 1) if i apply to Mckinsey 3 years from now, with 5 years of experience as a mid career pivot, would they still look at the undergraduate GPA from 5 years ago? would I be able to at least land an interview? 2) Does my undergrad GPA follow me forever as a "No" in Mckinsey's screening? Would I need to do an MBA (maybe from a non target school) and show high academic performance even as a mid career pivot in the future? 3) How does Mckinsey see and value non strategy consulting experience from the big four as a background? 4) for someone with 5 years of non strategy consulting experience , what position would i be applying for ( assuming that the pivot is to work in strategy) 5) Any additional tips you might have for me? Thanks -Peter
Hi Peter, we look at resumes holistically, meaning we do look at academics but that’s not the only factor. If your resume shows great leadership, impact and people skills, and you have some other data points to prove your quantitative skills, I don’t think GPA hurts that much. However, experienced hire count is pretty low compared to school hire so MBA is definitely a good way to pivot. Non strategy background is not a deal breaker if you have an MBA or a great resume. I have seen quite a few experience hires from non consulting / strategy background. Hope this helps and best luck!
many thanks for the video! having my interview with mck tomorrow. the video definitely helps
Best luck!!
@@withlovekatherine7678 just got the offer. Thanks again for the insights!!
@@muyaochen1415 that’s awesome! Congratulations!!
@@muyaochen1415 congratulations and thanks for sharing the great news!! Hope to see you at the firm :)
@@withlovekatherine7678 thank you. I will be in Chicago office. Keep in touch!
I love the tips!! Wish I had known when I was interviewing back in college!
Thanks for this Katherine!!! I’ve got my final McK interviews next week and this was very helpful in my prep.
Anamaria.. Wish you the focus and good luck. I hope you make it.
did you get the offer?
Amazing video! Thank you
So helpful! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward for the second video of the series.
Thank you so much for the great content!! I am a tax accountant in public accounting looking forward to transitioning to consulting. Your videos have helped a lot!!
The amount of work behind filming and editing this video (the script, the titles, the intro, etc, etc) should have been a lot! Thank you :)
you definitely deserve more subscribers and likes! I will be doing an interview with Mck soon so this was helpful :)
I’m glad you found it helpful :) Best luck with your interviews and would love to know how it goes!
Can you make a video about staying motivated and dealing with imposter syndrome during the application process/ internship
Hi Katherine.. I am so happy UA-cam introduced your channel to me.
As I write to you, my career is going forward with a consultant role at EY's internal audit team in its Mumbai office.
Bagged this role two days ago.
I have a goal and that is to join Me Kinsey's Management Consulting team and gain the career I have dreamed on.
I have subscribed to your channel and taking notes to work on myself. Mine is a non-target school and I still will shoot for Mc Kinsey!
Will keep writing to you.
Wishing you a healthier new year with more personal satisfaction.
Ashu
Thank you for the note Ashu! I wish you all the best and excited to hear your progress!
Can you make a video about your travel aspect of consulting life? Thx!
Very nice video, thanks
Thank you for the video, Katherine. I have my interview in one week and this would definitely come in handy. Recommending your video to my friends as well
P.S: Please can you do a video on generating insights from charts without rambling?
So glad you found it helpful! And no problema - I’ll talk about charts in my next video ;)
This is super helpful! Thank you Katherine ;) having my interview thsi fri
Good luck!!
@@withlovekatherine7678 I GOT IN!!!Thank you Katherine your videos are amazing
Hey Lan.. Congratulations on your break in. How was the feel throughout?
I am aspiring for a shot at McK. Smiles from India
Now they also added "Courageous Change" in the website
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Hi Katherine, thank you for making the video!
It's been my dream to work at Mckinsey since undergrad, however I had some difficult landing an interview due to low GPA when I graduated from a top tier school engineering program.
I ended up working in a big four consulting firm in a non-strategy consulting role for the past 2 years.
My question is:
1) if i apply to Mckinsey 3 years from now, with 5 years of experience as a mid career pivot, would they still look at the undergraduate GPA from 5 years ago? would I be able to at least land an interview?
2) Does my undergrad GPA follow me forever as a "No" in Mckinsey's screening? Would I need to do an MBA (maybe from a non target school) and show high academic performance even as a mid career pivot in the future?
3) How does Mckinsey see and value non strategy consulting experience from the big four as a background?
4) for someone with 5 years of non strategy consulting experience , what position would i be applying for ( assuming that the pivot is to work in strategy)
5) Any additional tips you might have for me?
Thanks
-Peter
Hi Peter, we look at resumes holistically, meaning we do look at academics but that’s not the only factor. If your resume shows great leadership, impact and people skills, and you have some other data points to prove your quantitative skills, I don’t think GPA hurts that much. However, experienced hire count is pretty low compared to school hire so MBA is definitely a good way to pivot.
Non strategy background is not a deal breaker if you have an MBA or a great resume. I have seen quite a few experience hires from non consulting / strategy background.
Hope this helps and best luck!
mckinsey senior partner, michael park, how come this guy became Sr partner that young?
thought your last name is Pei as Ieoh Ming Pei , LOL
You waffle too much, just get to the point!!
Just use the mouse to click on the section you want to hear!!