McKinsey

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Founded in 1926 and active in the Netherlands since 1964, McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations achieve positive, enduring change. We partner with leaders across the private, public, and social sectors to tackle their most pressing challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. What makes McKinsey unique is our ability to deliver end-to-end impact: we combine bold strategic counsel and deep industry expertise with cutting-edge artificial intelligence through QuantumBlack and venture-building capabilities through Leap. This allows our teams to not only design visionary strategies, but also build, scale, and embed sustainable solutions within organizations.

Our Purpose & Core Values

Our firm is steered by our dual mission: to help our clients make distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements in their performance, and to build a firm that attracts, develops, excites, and retains exceptional people. Across all assignments, we operate under three fundamental values:

  • Adhering to the highest professional standards: Guarding client trust, ensuring objectivity, and embracing the "obligation to dissent".

  • Significantly improving client performance: Focusing tirelessly on tangible, enduring value.

  • Creating an unrivaled environment for exceptional people: Fostering a non-hierarchical, diverse culture driven by mentorship and inclusion.

Our future vision centers on guiding organizations through dual transformations—accelerating sustainable and inclusive growth while harnessing transformative technologies such as generative AI.

Career Opportunities & The Application Journey

We welcome applicants year-round from diverse academic backgrounds for roles such as Business Analyst, Fellow, Junior Associate, and specialized analytics positions, as well as internships. Our recruitment journey consists of three main stages:

  • Application: Submission of your resume and academic transcripts.

  • Solve: McKinsey’s gamified digital problem-solving assessment.

  • Interviews: Two interview rounds combining Personal Experience Interviews (PEI)—exploring leadership, resilience, and teamwork—with interactive case interviews based on real-world client engagements