Step 1: Applied Online Step 2: Recruiter reached out and had an initial conversation asking about my experience and a little about the role Step 3: Recruiter sent through a case study based on drawing insights from a large dataset and creating SQL queries (they recommend 5 hours but the process will probably take you a lot longer if you do it properly) Step 4: Case study with someone currently in the role (explained below) The recruiter was friendly but I did not get a chance to ask pointed questions and get answers from current employees until I had invested a whole weekend into the SQL/Data case presentation (step 3). That is too much a time investment for when you don't even know if you are interested. Later on (step 4) the person doing my case interview told me that he rarely uses SQL in his day to day which made the SQL/Data project a great waste of time! I feel that I did good at the case study but was rejected straight after (despite the recruiter stressing that MOST of the employees were from McKinsey, the person conducting the case study was less experienced than me and had worked for less prestigious, boutique consulting, firms). I am not entirely sure why I as rejected at Step 4 as the email was quite generic. Overall the experience was decent and I got to brush up my SQL skills (although this isn't even a required skill for the role!). I did ask around while working on the SQL task and before the case interview and the feedback was generally neutral to negative and did not intend to take the offer so I wasn't too disappointed.