McKinsey is piloting an AI client simulation during interviews for entry-level business analyst positions in North America. Candidates will hold roughly ten-minute conversations with an AI avatar playing a client role, for a starting salary of $128,000. Human assessors will still evaluate performance, as the AI serves as the client rather than the judge. The program, launching this fall, covers hundreds of candidates and is part of McKinsey’s broader push to integrate AI into its hiring process, including the generative AI tool Lilli deployed since January 2026.
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