McKinsey launched a free AI practice tool for interview case studies, available globally to applicants for entry-level business analyst and associate roles. The tool provides unlimited attempts at the quantitative case study scenarios candidates will face in interviews, aiming to level the playing field for those who cannot afford coaching. The practice tool is part of a broader AI integration into hiring. Since January, McKinsey has piloted using its internal AI assistant Lilli during final-round interviews for business school graduates. Candidates use Lilli to analyze case studies and refine conclusions. Interviewers evaluate how candidates prompt the system, assess its outputs, and apply them to client scenarios, focusing on curiosity and judgment rather than prompt engineering. McKinsey frames the goal as testing effective collaboration with AI, reflecting changing consulting expectations around problem framing, judgment, and implementation.
"McKinsey launched a free AI practice tool in April that gives candidates unlimited attempts at the quantitative case study they will face in their interview. The tool is available globally to applicants for entry-level business analyst and associate roles. The firm says it is designed to level the playing field for candidates who cannot afford expensive consulting coaches."
"Doing quantitative things is one thing, but doing it while somebody's watching you is something else. McKinsey's free tool lets candidates practise the same quantitative scenarios they will encounter in the real interview, as many times as they want."
"Since January, the firm has been piloting the use of its internal AI assistant Lilli during final-round interviews for business school graduates. Candidates in the pilot are asked to use Lilli to analyse a case study and refine their conclusions. Interviewers evaluate how applicants prompt the system, assess its outputs, and apply them to a specific client scenario."
"McKinsey is not testing whether candidates can avoid AI. It is testing whether they can work with it effectively. The distinction reflects how consulting work itself has changed. Consultants are now expected to move beyond analysis that clients can do internally and toward problem framing, judgment, and implementation."
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