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McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client

Global Published 15 October 2026, 03:53 · archived 14 Oct 2026

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal. The AI simulation "aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day-to-day work," the […]

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