Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:08:20 -0800 marlon from private IP, post #18500809 /all McKinsey now counts 25,000 AI agents as employees https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/mckinsey-pilots-ai-assistant-in-graduate-recruitment-8173914/?emailKey=email_editorial_suggested_top_conversations_01&campaignId=909bbc6c-463a-470c-a002-d7d68280f486&uuid=1c2c7a03-cc3a-4bb7-9c63-ce1b682aed56&midToken=AQF9yZE0SZ0bSg&midSig=30rr1oR4IyMI41&ek=email_editorial_suggested_top_conversations_01&e=371ynf-mkfzclq0-7n&eid=371ynf-mkfzclq0-7n&m=editorial-cta-button&ts=prompt%3Dundefined_campaign%3Dundefined&li=0&t=plh McKinsey pilots AI assistant in graduate recruitment Share Edited by Laura Stewart, Editor at LinkedIn News Graduates looking to land a role at McKinsey will now have another hurdle to jump: navigating the firm’s artificial intelligence assistant. The elite consulting firm is piloting a new method in recruiting, asking candidates to use its AI chatbot Lilli during interviews, the Financial Times reports, citing anonymous sources. If successful, the pilot may expand to all junior recruits. The move comes as the consulting giant continues to deploy AI in its workflow, with reported plans to cut 10% of non-client roles over two years to reflect those efficiencies. Top perspectives Storyline feed updates View Bob Sternfels’ graphic link Bob SternfelsBob Sternfels • 3rd+Influencer • 3rd+ Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & CompanyGlobal Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company 7h • 7 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Super excited about this. Success at our firm (success most anywhere) increasingly depends on leveraging AI tools and agents to do stuff that wasn’t possible before. But at the same time, we’re also doubling down on hiring for what AI can’t do—aspiration, human judgment, creativity. Models don’t stay up at night dreaming about bigger and better things. They don’t have values to tell them in their gut when something is right or wrong. And while they can be used creatively, only humans can do the kind of orthogonal thinking that leads to game-changing outcomes. What excites me most about this shift is that these kinds of raw intrinsics can come from anywhere, so we’re actually expanding the set of folks we’re looking at and the pathways they might be coming from. Are you resilient? Are you relentlessly curious? Do you want to build? That’s what it will take to succeed in this new era. And I’m biased, but I think our firm is the most exciting place to do it: https://lnkd.in/gCaWwDbn The elite consulting firm is piloting a shake-up in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use an AI tool to complete tests designed to reflect consultants’ new ways of working. https://ft.trib.al/D9UvPGP McKinsey now counts 25,000 AI agents as employees. That sentence should make every professional services firm uncomfortable. Bob Sternfels told the All-In podcast: "How many people do you employ? My latest answer would be 60,000—40,000 humans and 25,000 agents." When McKinsey treats AI as labor, every rival follows. Here's what I'm seeing: McKinsey saved 1.5 million hours last year on search and synthesis work. Client-facing roles grew 25%. Non-client-facing roles shrank 25%, while output from that shrinking group went up 10%. Sternfels expects AI agent parity with human employees by year-end. The Big 4 are already moving. PwC launched Agent OS. Deloitte deployed Zora AI. EY rolled out 150+ tax agents across 80,000 professionals. But nobody's asking the liability question. When an AI agent produces the analysis and the recommendation is wrong, who's responsible? People don't sue an agent. They sue the firm. They audit the partner. They price risk against the human signature. That pressure forces a different kind of firm to emerge. The winners will be the ones who design effective collaboration between AI agents and humans. Pairing machine cognition with human judgment requires clear framing, validation, and ownership. Context engineering just became the most valuable capability in professional services. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:20:44 -0800 whiteguyinchina from private IP Reply #17254580 I love how the commenters are fellating the management. Brilliant idea! I am so excited about using AI to leverage my skillset. If I were applying I would do so in buzzwords Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:21:24 -0800 whiteguyinchina from private IP Reply #12061828 You have to wonder if the applicant can also use AI in replying to the AI That would be game recognizes game..... ...and all that jazz Wouldn't it? Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:05:41 -0800 phosita from private IP Reply #15002217 Someone, quick! Invent an insurance product with which an employer can cover the "death" of one of its AI agents. Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:03:34 -0800 TribalBarConnection from private IP Reply #12804742 That place is so bad.Replies require login.
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