Robert Wolf ⋅ New Brunswick, NJ Johnson & Johnson ⋅ 4 years experience

From a colleague who is an Associate Partner at McKinsey and former Army Officer:

We're launching the McKinsey Military Fellowship (SkillBridge), a new DoD SkillBridge program focused on active duty U.S. service members preparing to transition into civilian employment.

This 10-week program, which mirrors our undergraduate and MBA internship programs, begins March 2023. Transitioning service members will experience unrivaled professional development opportunities while helping to create positive, enduring change in the world. We are excited to offer an early-access opportunity for talented service members, who we find are well-suited to management consulting careers due to their experiences navigating environments with diverse teams.

All interested service members planning to separate between May 15 and Aug 28, 2023 are invited to join us for an information session on Wednesday September 28, 8-9p ET (https://lnkd.in/g_-cbdZn) or Monday October 3, 8-9p ET (https://lnkd.in/grmfHUgR). We will provide an overview of the program, cover application and interview requirements, demonstrate a mock case interview, and host a Q&A session.

The SkillBridge application opens in October

As a McKinsey colleague, you’ll experience many benefits, including :
Working on the world’s most important challenges that cut across sectors, industries, and functions. We play a critical role on topics ranging from sustainability to diversity and inclusion, COVID-19 related challenges, AI, digital transformation, aerospace & defense, and more. Learn more about our work here: https://www.mckinsey.com/
Unrivaled professional development. We pride ourselves on our apprenticeship model of development, where you will receive personalized mentorship and participate in our best-in-class learning programs.
Flexibility to shape your career. "Make your own McKinsey" by pursuing your passions and skillsets, whatever they may be. We have more than 130 locations globally for you to choose from, many entry level roles and paths, flexible working options, mental health resources, and competitive benefits.

Application requirements and interview process:
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree and expect to separate within six months of March 2023 (final EAS date between May 15 and Aug 28, 2023)
Applicants will be asked to solve several business problems over the course of up to six separate 45-60 minute interviews
Successful applicants typically require two to three months of case interview preparation
Roles offered will be individual contributors aligned to our apprenticeship model

Please direct questions to Courtney Morris (Courtney_Morris@mckinsey.com) and Madeline Kern (Madeline_Kern@mckinsey.com).

Matt Johnson ⋅ Chicago, IL EY-Parthenon ⋅ 10 years experience

McKinsey and EY-Parthenon are the only strategy consulting firms I’m aware of in Charlotte. The internship process is very formal and begins at either a target undergraduate institution (juniors), during the first year at a top 25 MBA program, or by making connections at the Service Academy Career Conference for networking and follow-on interview. There is no route in directly from service.

You would expect to compete with your MBA peers (roughly 1/3 of MBAs go into consulting and maybe 5-7% of applicants get an offer from a single firm so it’s rough). You would be given a behavioral interview and a case interview to test your business acumen and analytical skill - which is a big differentiator. Most people live or die by the case - there’s a lot of Type 2 error and that’s accepted for strategy consulting firms to maintain their elite image.

Victor Chang has free case interview prep materials available on his website but you’ll need to prepare with a professional to start. 1st year MBAs start prepping with 2nd years who have successfully interned, before practicing with each other. We tell vets that it usually takes about 40 cases to be “ready”, allowing 30min to prep and 30min for careful debrief.

Start by connecting with current consulting professionals and get to know the landscape. Vets on LinkedIn will usually be open to a coffee chat discussing themselves, but also check Veterati and Sevice2School for the MBA route.

Matt Johnson ⋅ Chicago, IL EY-Parthenon ⋅ 10 years experience

McKinsey and EY-Parthenon are the only strategy consulting firms I’m aware of in Charlotte. The internship process is very formal and begins at either a target undergraduate institution (juniors), during the first year at a top 25 MBA program, or by making connections at the Service Academy Career Conference for networking and follow-on interview. There is no route in directly from service.

You would expect to compete with your MBA peers (roughly 1/3 of MBAs go into consulting and maybe 5-7% of applicants get an offer from a single firm so it’s rough). You would be given a behavioral interview and a case interview to test your business acumen and analytical skill - which is a big differentiator. Most people live or die by the case - there’s a lot of Type 2 error and that’s accepted for strategy consulting firms to maintain their elite image.

Victor Chang has free case interview prep materials available on his website but you’ll need to prepare with a professional to start. 1st year MBAs start prepping with 2nd years who have successfully interned, before practicing with each other. We tell vets that it usually takes about 40 cases to be “ready”, allowing 30min to prep and 30min for careful debrief.

Start by connecting with current consulting professionals and get to know the landscape. Vets on LinkedIn will usually be open to a coffee chat discussing themselves, but also check Veterati and Sevice2School for the MBA route.

Gary Rossi ⋅ Napa, CA The Coaches ⋅ 18 years experience

Kyle - Use LinkedIn reach out and see who at McKinsey is on LinkedIn namely in the Chalotte area, use a tailored connection request and Network into a position - Network, Network, network till you get into the door - do not forget to craft your 90 second commercial. What else I can also offer is my broad and deep LinkedIn network of business professionals for networking purposes especially informational interviews. Here is my profile to reach out and connect - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyrossibaldrigecoach/ Wish you the very best. Gary

Tim Feemster ⋅ Dallas, TX Foremost Quality Logistics ⋅ 40 years experience

Richard has great advice. I would check the McKinsey website and the Charlotte office for names of employees as well as the same on LinkedIn. Search McKinsey first and then filter with Charlotte, NC as the location. All members names will show up. Read their profiles and then call the office and ask to speak to the person who best matches your skills from your Army work. Thanks for your service and good luck.

Richard Byrne ⋅ Hillsborough, NJ Intel Corporation ⋅ 53 years experience

On the ACP website, you could go to the Community tab.
Then select Companies.
Then enter McKinsey into the search box & click Find.
Message the advisors for the listings of McKinsey & McKinsey & Co.

Alternately:
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http://eehot.com/ee.html#cool - DOD Skill bridge
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