AMA: Former McKinsey Consultant and Case Coach
Hi everyone,
The mods kindly approved this AMA, so I thought I’d introduce myself briefly.
I’m Florian. I spent around five years at McKinsey and now help candidates prepare for the recruiting process and break into the firm.
My own path actually started with failing my first McKinsey interview for an internship. That failure motivated me to approach preparation differently, and I eventually joined the firm full-time on my second try.
Back then, I spent a lot of time looking at the whole case prep landscape and became particularly interested in frameworks and structuring, and why so many candidates struggle with them, why memorized frameworks often break down, and what actually works instead.
More or less by accident, that became the topic that got me into this whole field.
Interestingly, the prep landscape today is still quite similar in many ways. I've followed the industry and how McKinsey recruiting has evolved very closely ever since.
Happy to answer questions about McKinsey recruiting, Solve, case interviews, frameworks and structuring, PEI, final rounds, life at the firm, or consulting prep more broadly.
I’ll answer as openly as I can.
For verification, here is my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-florian-smeritschnig-b5b9661a/
Ask me anything!