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PEI Stories - length/duration

McKinsey personal experience interview Personal Fit
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Hi Anonymous A, I agree with Anonymous B comment, your part of the story usually takes 3-4 minutes. Most of the time the interviewer will then ask followup questions, which will require some additional time for the ex ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI

McKinsey personal experience interview
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On top of other responses: Prepare 2-3 good stories for each dimension (only team work in your case) Make sure your stories are relatively recent (no more than 2-3 years old) to remember as much details as possible Befo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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PEI - Experience applying to both Entrepreneurial Drive and Team Leadership

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Hello! I would advise using different stories in the interview as much as possible. You only get a limited amount of time to present yourself as a candidate to the interviewers and will only be asked a few behavioral qu ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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PEI, leadership skills - is it ok to describe a project that actually failed?

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Ciao Giorgio! 1st of all, I did plenty of activities with ESN Milano! (Did Erasmus in Politecnico). Brought me some memories back and a big smile! Now to the serious topic: the story sounds a priori okay. However, i ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Leadership in PEI

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Hi there, Being asked for a leadership story you should focus on your best experience leading a team (of any size), either on a personal or professional situation. Keys here: You leading style is and how you inspire the ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI - Personal Impact

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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
Hi there, There are some great prior Q&As for this. One example is here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-number-of-stories-6842 Personal Stories Step 1 - Categorize the main sto ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI Entrpreneurial Drive

McKinsey personal experience interview
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Hey there, Both target the same dimension with the same evaluation metrics behind them. If you want to know more about the 3 dimensions, potential content ideas, and how to communicate the stories most effectively, read ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How improve my PEI stories?

Fit Interview Stories I'm preparing to McK coming next week Interview interview story McKinsey McKinsey & Company PEI personal experience interview
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The fact that you got feedback during an interview is itself unique and promising. Probably the interview saw potential in you - and felt that it was the story-telling that was undermining your profile. I would suggest ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey First Round Personal Experience Interview

McKinsey personal experience interview
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Hey there, There are 2 important factors here: McKinsey does not do trick interviews, hence, if they say that these will be the dimensions they look then you can be sure that this is their intention. However, I already ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Are the interviews in person now or mostly online still?

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Hi there, Q: I know in pandemic they were online and now that we are also moving to a remote working model, im wondering if the interviews would be in person or online? Several companies are still using online interview ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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MBB application after 1 year in Tier 2 consultancy

BCG McKinsey and Bain Cover letter personal experience interview Personal Fit Personalfit
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I think your situation is very simple for three reasons. 1. Applying for MBB is always a good move, regardless of the current status.2. To MBB's eyes, your experience is zero, so don't worry about what you've learned or ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Rewrite PEI Stories

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Hi there,  generally speaking about personal interview, bare in mind: •Questions will be selected based on your CV and cover letter (in addition to your job position), ensure alignment when preparing all 3 •Choose the r ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Mention Failed business in interview

personal experience interview Personal Fit Personalfit
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Hi there, Yes! In fact, in my interviews I used a personal story of me starting a business and failing as well! Here's what's critical though: Don't put yourself down too much. Emphasize all of the great things you did. ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Still struggling to decide on PEI stories

McKinsey personal experience interview
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Hello! These are good questions, and ones with which most of us struggle, so I am sure this post will help many people.  The answer about which story to pick, whenever you have prepared two for dimension (as it should b ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI - Personal impact Dimension

McKinsey personal experience interview
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Hello! With just a couple of paragraphs it´s difficult to tell you whether it´s the right story, since the secret many times is in the nuances, learnings, impacts… so we would need to deep dive quite a bit here.  It´s k ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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PEI - Personal Impact Dimension

McKinsey personal experience interview
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Hello! I have the feeling I just answered a question in a very similar note, I am guessing is the same candidate. In line with what I said in the previous comment: it totally depends on the nuances of the story. In this ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to be more concise in both case and fit interview?

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A lot of candidates have the same issue. It can be solved with deliberate practice, i.e. exercises that are tailored and focused on your specific weaknesses.Without knowing your specific problem, I have two suggestions ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Tell interviewer about reapplication

1st round interview Accenture behavoural fit interview Big 4 Case Interview caseinterview personal experience interview Technical Experience Interview tier 2 consulting
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Hey there, There is no benefit in saying it, especially since the person will remember you anyway. Just treat it like a first interview and don't let the past experience influence your performance negatively. Chee ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Interview Accenture CFO&EV

Accenture Accenture Strategy cfo personal experience interview Personalfit
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#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate
This is a good place to start: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/cfo-and-enterprise-value-index :)
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Tell me three things that are not mentioned in your CV

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