McKinsey PEI in First Round

Hi there,

This largely depends on the office and country so it is difficult to make a clear statement here:

• In most countries, you are not informed about the interviewer's PEI question choices
• In Germany, currently, the initial PEI story is about Personal Impact (last year it was Inclusive Leadership)
• If you have not received the information from HR about what story to prepare, prepare all 4 dimensions with 2 stories each (one main story and one backup story)

If you want to know more about how to do that, check out the detailed article I wrote about the PEI: https://www.preplounge.com/en/mckinsey-pei

Cheers,

Florian

hey! 

congrats on the interview :) 

normally, the first round is about the Personal Impact story. Here, I would suggest to prepare: 

- 2 Stories (~5-8min) & 2 respective story pitches (~20sec.)

- The story mainly is about a time when you have worked with a challenging individual, convinced this individual and finally developed a sustainable way of working together

- double check with your local HR if this will be definitively the story asked for in the interview! 

Good luck, 

Alessa