What McKinsey PEI questions have you seen?

Hi mate,

     Just went through 4 interviews with McKinsey and here are 4 top level questions they asked as well as some detailed drill-down questions based on the top level questions.

1. (EM) Tell me about a time either at work or outside where you had a critical disagreement with your stakeholder and how you navigated this.
2. (Senior EM) Tell me about a time where you faced a difficult team related problem and how you navigated this.
3. (Partner) Tell me about a time where you had to demonstrate your leadership capabilities to convincing a team on an approach.
4. (Partner) Talk about your leadership capabilities, but I want you to imagine you are on the front page of the newspaper, I want to see your 5 word Headline, and three dot points that are 10 words or less that described what you did.

The final question was definitely unique, and I think it was an interesting way for the partner to see how well you can synthesize and summarise your stories.

Some deep dive questions included:

"Why did you choose X place to talk to Y?"
"What reactions were you looking for?"
"What was your actual quote?"

I was offered the position at McKinsey as well so if you have any specific questions let me know.

Cheers

Tell me about a time you demonstrated leadership?

Tell me about a time you resolved a conflict in your team?