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My first-round interview is coming up and most of my prep has been solo. I know the frameworks and have done cases on my own, but I have only cased live with people a few times. How bad is that?
Solo work can build knowledge, but live casing tests a different skill: thinking while someone interrupts, challenges assumptions, and changes direction.
Use the remaining time for realistic live mocks rather than another stack of reading. You need to hear yourself structure, calculate, synthesize, and recover under pressure.
Even a few focused live cases can expose issues you would never notice alone.
Do at least 3-4 live before R1 if you can.
Solo felt great until someone started pushing back lol.
I know McKinsey is more interviewer-led, but I am confused about how passive you are supposed to be. Do you still suggest next steps, or mainly answer the question they ask and wait?
Interviewer-led does not mean passive. You still need to show structured thinking, initiative, and judgment within the question you are given.
I can use profitability / market entry type frameworks, but when the case is unusual I struggle to build a clean MECE structure from scratch. How do people get good at this without memorizing 50 templates?
Start from the decision the client needs to make, then identify the few questions that must be true or understood to make that decision.
Someone senior at BCG who I spoke with earlier sent me a quick 'good luck' note before my R1. Is that just being nice, or should I read it as a positive internal signal?
It is positive that they remembered you and chose to reach out, but do not convert that into an assumption about the interview outcome.