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How people got jobs at McKinsey & Company
What 51 people did before they joined McKinsey & Company: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
51
people in our data got there
50%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
5
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: from other companies (47%).
- The most common way in was Consulting (55% joined in that kind of role).
- Of those who list their education, 50% had a graduate degree before arriving and 10% a PhD.
- The typical person arrived about 5 years after their first job.
How McKinsey & Company compares
- 10% had a PhD, above the 3% across other consulting firms & other employers, the highest of the 2 in our data.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Accenture | 14 | 50% |
| McKinsey & Company (this page) | 20 | 50% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company (this page) | 5 yrs | |
| PwC | 5 yrs | |
| Deloitte | 4 yrs | |
| Accenture | 4 yrs |
Which role they joined in
Kinds of role with fewer than 5 people are combined into "All other roles".
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | 28 | 55% |
| Data analytics bi | 10 | 20% |
| Strategy consulting | 8 | 16% |
| All other roles | 5 | 10% |
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Associate | 11 | 22% |
| Business Analyst | 9 | 18% |
| Engagement Manager | 8 | 16% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| From other companies | 24 | 47% |
| From banks & Fortune 500 | 11 | 22% |
| This was their first listed step | 9 | 18% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
Education
Among the 20 of 51 people who list their education.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 10 | 50% |
| Master's | 5 | 25% |
| MBA | 3 | 15% |
| PhD | 2 | 10% |
How much experience they had
Among the 39 of 51 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 3% |
| 1-3 years | 3 | 8% |
| 3-5 years | 13 | 33% |
| 5-8 years | 10 | 26% |
| 8-12 years | 10 | 26% |
| 12+ years | 2 | 5% |
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How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.