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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

McKinsey asks graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment process

Visitors walk past the consulting firm McKinsey’s stand at the Mobile World Congress in 2023
Visitors walk past the consulting firm McKinsey’s stand at the Mobile World Congress in 2023. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

McKinsey is asking graduate applicants to “collaborate” with an artificial intelligence tool as part of its recruitment process, as competence with the technology becomes a requirement in competing for top-level jobs.

The blue-chip consultancy is incorporating an “AI interview” into some final-round interviews, according to CaseBasix, a US company that helps candidates apply for posts at leading strategic consulting companies.

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