McKinsey uses AI to role-play clients in job interviews
What happened
On 15 October 2026, The Verge reported that McKinsey will introduce an AI-simulated client into its interview process, requiring some junior-level candidates to hold a 10-minute conversation with it. The simulation is designed to cover about 80% of the situations McKinsey consultants face in their daily work. The AI does not score candidates itself; a human interviewer present at the session assesses how they respond. The tool is being tested this autumn in some North American offices with undergraduates applying for business analyst roles, and several hundred people are expected to use it.
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- The Verge · AIMcKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
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.
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