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McKinsey PEI - Entrepreneurship

McKinsey PEI
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Hi there, Specific detailed on how McKinsey evaluates PEI are confidential. If you can shine on your entrepreneurship PEI stories I recommend you focus on showing: How you can drive change outside of your immediate area ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Best resources for McKinsey case interviews & PEI

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Hi Justin, PEI section. Prepare the stories for each of the sections listed below. Make sure you use top-down approach, where you tell the result first. Be proactive and make sure your stories are worth listening, use ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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PEI Interview at McKinsey

McKinsey McKinsey PEI Personal Fit
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Your framework is a good one but I would add a few things. Make sure you are conversational: Don’t be rote in your response. Make sure that when telling your story, you are really “telling a story” that makes the in ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Mckinsey PEI difference drive and personal impact

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EDIT 2022: McKinsey recently added a new PEI dimension called Courageous Change. They are piloting this as a substitute for Entrepreneurial Drive. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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PEI examples McKinsey

Actively preparing for interviews with Mckinsey Bains & AT Kearney BCG McKinsey and Bain Case Interview McKinsey McKinsey PEI PEI
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Hi, The typical questions are: “Tell me about yourself” or “walk me through your resume”- this is how Consultants usually begin the interview. It's an opportunity for them to learn about you and to pick some inter ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Using stories from high school in a PEI

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Sorry - could you clarify? What's do you mean by "final year at school" considering that you're still in university? Either way, any story can be good for PEI since it's not really about the ultimate impact but about ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How to get ready for PEI Mckinsey?

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Hey there, I have written a detailed article on the PEI and will share some quotes from it below: 1. Learn about the PEI dimensions Below are the three dimensions plus some ideas on what to include: a. Entrepreneurial D ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How long should my PEI story be?

McKinsey PEI PEI
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Hi there, 1-2 minutes is what you should aim for. However, ultimately quality not quantity matters! So, If you can tell the same story in 60 seconds (i.e. demonstrate your skills / thinking, do the story justice, etc ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Recency of PEI Examples

Fit Interview Stories McKinsey PEI
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A common question that I once faced as well. In 2017 during my McKinsey interview, I asked to use an example from 2010 because it was really relevant and I remembered it like it was yesterday (which I explained to the i ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Are my histories good for each of the analysed dimensions in the PEI interview at McKinsey?

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Hey there, Taking a quick glance: Focus more on how you actually persuaded the person (the concrete situation, what you said, their arguments, etc.) Build your story around a goal that you set for yourself! Fo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI Leadership story - official or unofficial?

McKinsey PEI
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Hello! This is precisely where you need to start, the definition of what each of the "dimensions" are. Leadership is not only official leadership roles, also unnoficial ones, in which you lead yourself or others to ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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In which PEI category does my story of a social startup fit?

McKinsey PEI startup
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Hello! Glad you ask this question, since it´s something that many people wonder. Most good stories don´t only relate to one of the PEI dimensions, but to two (or even 3 different ones) In this case, you can lever ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Upcoming McKinsey interview + how to come up with PEI stories

InterviewPartner McKinsey PEI
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Great question! In terms of coming up with topics for your PEI stories, I suggest 3 sources: 1. Scan your CV. See what are the moments when you had the biggest impact within the last 2-3 years of your professional or ac ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI - Professional vs. personal stories and time relevance

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Hi, 1) I wonder how appropriate or inappropriate it is to tell a personal story to demonstrate leadership. For instance, I organized a 10-day trip for a group of friends in Asia and I took care of basically everything f ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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mck pei - can i clarify which dimension

McKinsey PEI
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Hi there,  MBB want to hear from you stories where you transmit you do have the key characteristics and strengths (e.g. ability to make an impact, leadership, result-oriented, etc.). It not necessarily must be from work ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey PEI - In the leadership question, is it strong enough to talk about captaining a sports team at university?

MBB McKinsey 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 - Inclusive Leadership examples

McKinsey McKinsey Final Round McKinsey PEI
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Ken
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Ken
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I know this is the new twist to the leadership question for McKinsey this year around diversity and inclusion which is causing some uncertainty. I've discussed this with many candidates where I don't think you need to s ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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McKinsey "Inclusive Leadership" --is there a minimum team size recommended?

McKinsey PEI
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Alberto
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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 "Inclusive Leadership"

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Hey there, For a McKinsey Inclusive Leadership story, the interviewer will ask you about a situation where you led a team through a challenging time to achieve a certain goal. For this dimension, you need to show that y ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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leadership experience story choose

leadership and development McKinsey McKinsey & Company McKinsey PEI story-telling
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Hi there! Based on your short description of the context, both examples are fine. However, the real question is: in which of those contexts did you encounter interpersonally challenging situations in a team setting, t ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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