Mohamed Suwaid

Applicant Address
Applicant Number
Date

Recruiter Full Name

Dear Recruiter first name,

After talking to Contact name - a current McKinsey Consultant in New York – and partaking in the McKinsey
Campus FAQ event I was provided great insight into consulting at McKinsey. He has provided me guidance on approaching
case studies and shared with me what the culture at McKinsey is like – an unrivaled environment for exceptional people.
Currently, I study at the London School of Economics and have applied for the junior associate role in city X. Having lived
in the Middle East for the majority of my life, I can relate to its culture & norms and I look forward to hopefully pursuing
this opportunity with McKinsey.

Completing 3 internships in private equity, investment banking and corporate banking have provided me access to working
with real clients and collaborating with team members for accomplishing collective goals. My internship with NatWest
Group in London has opened my eyes into how services are executed for helping institutional clients meet their financial
goals and this can be used to understand how consulting services can be used to help clients solve their business problems.
These experiences have strengthened my interpersonal, communication and team-working skills. Furthermore, my
experience as a BCG Mentee provided me an insight into business and strategic issues and how consultants use their passion
for problem solving to help these clients tackle real life business problems. I can use these experiences and insight into
adding value to McKinsey as a junior associate.

Furthermore, I have demonstrated exceptional leadership acumen by being the president of 3 large societies. I also founded
180 Degrees Consulting Bristol, the newest branch of the world’s largest student consultancy, aiming to help charities
advance their social impact and make a positive difference in the world. Since the venture, my consultancy has worked with
15+ clients, 5+ corporate partners including firms such as Kearney & Accenture, provided 1000+ hours and £30,000+ of
pro-bono advisory in its first starting year. This helped me get nominated for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Award and be
awarded with the ‘Top 100 Leaders in Education’ award and the Bristol Outstanding Award! These experiences have
solidified my passion for consulting and has also provided me with the motivation to achieve tremendous results in every
challenge I seek, which is an attitude I intend to carry forward to McKinsey.

Armed with several leadership roles and working successfully with clients from multiple continents, I have gained
a brief exposure into some of the aspects that would make consulting the destined career for me, a career I intent to pursue
at McKinsey in City X. McKinsey’s culture – entailing a single global partnership united by strong values is the ideal
environment that would allow me to feel valued whilst working with the industry’s brightest people. As an advocate for
creating large scale impact, my purpose aligns perfectly with McKinsey’s: ‘to help create positive, enduring change in the
world’. I hope to pursue this purpose at the very firm that has installed this purpose deep in its roots.

Thank you for taking your time to read this letter!

Sincerely,
 Mohamed Suwaid
Applicant Address
Applicant Number
Date

Recruiter Full Name

Dear Recruiter first name, Commented [MS1]: I found the recruiters name on LinkedIn
and included it here. It helps personalize the cover letter
After talking to Contact name - a current McKinsey Consultant in New York – and partaking in the McKinsey
Campus FAQ event I was provided great insight into consulting at McKinsey. He has provided me guidance on approaching Commented [MS2]: I provide a good backstory about how I
case studies and shared with me what the culture at McKinsey is like – an unrivaled environment for exceptional people. came to learn and understand about McKinsey. Gaining an
insight from a current employee (+ potential referral) is
Currently, I study at the London School of Economics and have applied for the junior associate role in city X. Having lived always great.
in the Middle East for the majority of my life, I can relate to its culture & norms and I look forward to hopefully pursuing Commented [MS3]: This was good as I had background in
this opportunity with McKinsey. the middle east so was able to use location as an advantage
too!

Completing 3 internships in private equity, investment banking and corporate banking have provided me access to working
with real clients and collaborating with team members for accomplishing collective goals. My internship with NatWest
Group in London has opened my eyes into how services are executed for helping institutional clients meet their financial
goals and this can be used to understand how consulting services can be used to help clients solve their business problems.
These experiences have strengthened my interpersonal, communication and team-working skills. Furthermore, my
experience as a BCG Mentee provided me an insight into business and strategic issues and how consultants use their passion
for problem solving to help these clients tackle real life business problems. I can use these experiences and insight into
adding value to McKinsey as a junior associate. Commented [MS4]: This entire paragraph is my professional
experiences. I clearly describe, in the first sentence, an
overview of my experiences. Then, I talked about the specific
Furthermore, I have demonstrated exceptional leadership acumen by being the president of 3 large societies. I also founded work experiences, what I did and what skills I learn. I ended
180 Degrees Consulting Bristol, the newest branch of the world’s largest student consultancy, aiming to help charities it with how I will use the experience and skills to add value at
McKinsey.
advance their social impact and make a positive difference in the world. Since the venture, my consultancy has worked with
Commented [MS5]: Overview of leadership experience.
15+ clients, 5+ corporate partners including firms such as Kearney & Accenture, provided 1000+ hours and £30,000+ of
McKinsey is very keen for student/young leaders so this will
pro-bono advisory in its first starting year. This helped me get nominated for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Award and be help. This is also follows top down communication.
awarded with the ‘Top 100 Leaders in Education’ award and the Bristol Outstanding Award! These experiences have
solidified my passion for consulting and has also provided me with the motivation to achieve tremendous results in every
challenge I seek, which is an attitude I intend to carry forward to McKinsey. Commented [MS6]: This section is mainly to highlight my
achievements. McKinsey is full of high-achievers and this
helps to demonstrate my achievements can be positively
Armed with several leadership roles and working successfully with clients from multiple continents, I have gained viewed in their eyes.
a brief exposure into some of the aspects that would make consulting the destined career for me, a career I intent to pursue
at McKinsey in City X. McKinsey’s culture – entailing a single global partnership united by strong values is the ideal
environment that would allow me to feel valued whilst working with the industry’s brightest people. As an advocate for
creating large scale impact, my purpose aligns perfectly with McKinsey’s: ‘to help create positive, enduring change in the
world’. I hope to pursue this purpose at the very firm that has installed this purpose deep in its roots. Commented [MS7]: This is the why McKinsey section
where I draw upon its culture and purpose and HOW it relates
to me.
Thank you for taking your time to read this letter!

Sincerely,

Commented [MS8]: Ending with a thank you and a digital

1st section is an introduction of how I learnt about McKinsey, I know someone who
works in the New York office

2nd and 3rd section is professional and leadership experiences summarized along with
transferable skills mentioned. I had many achievements to highlight so I had more
content.

4th section includes my passion to join McKinsey and why McKinsey specifically
Formatting 1 page, neat font, optimal font size 11, body of cover letter is about is ¾ page which is a
bit long but I had content so I made it a bit longer. Ideal is ½ an A4 page.
Relevance to Job I believe highlighting key skills such as communication and interpersonal skills was great
Description for McKinsey as they emphasize upon that deeply

I really highlight my passion for consulting through my society leadership and being a
previous mentee at another MBB.
Level of I clearly state how I heard about McKinsey and why they interest me. I created a hook
Personalization to by mentioned my experience talking with someone from McKinsey and this is the
the firm environment I seek to join.
Motivation and As previously mentioned, I talk in detail about me work and leadership experiences and
Passion how they translate into consulting. My work experience was mainly finance but I stated
the transferable skills I learnt from there, that could be useful in consulting.
Research Additional research was done on McKinsey’s culture and purpose. Perhaps, I could have
gone more into something specific like a social impact project or some research article
they published
Overall Strength Excellent – A bit biased but apart from the length and the lack of deeper research on
why the firm, I believe my content, language and structure really stands out.

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