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Anonymous A
on Oct 12, 2019
Global

At this point in your life: Would you rather learn or earn money?

How would you answer this question in your Personal Fit interview? Receive feedback on your answer and browse through the Q&As to review the approaches of other applicants and experts.

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Anonymous L
on Jan 07, 2024

I personally love to learn new things. Of course earning money is important to live a good live but for me learning is very important. That is also why I am interested in consulting as a job. I think you can gain a lot of experience but in the end you can always learn more about different styles of consulting, different companies and every project is new. I think I would get to bored if I could not learn anything new for a longer time.

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Anonymous K
on Dec 27, 2023

Learn to earn money 

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on Jan 04, 2024

Beides geht Hand in Hand, der Lernprozess ist stetig fortlaufend. Geldverdienen steht genauso in meinem Fokus mit Ende 20.

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on Jul 17, 2023

Best case scenario both. I think finishing University marks a point in my learning and now it is time to learn what interests me most, what matters in the society and world, and especially to learn what brings the most value to society. Following that path can only help earn money which is necessary to survive but is also a nice-to-have.

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Anonymous M
on Aug 15, 2024

I would rather learn because by learning you accelerate your self-development. You can earn money still in the future, but you will never learn as fast as now. 

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Anonymous N
on Oct 06, 2024

Learn because we are living to leave the world in a better place than we found it in. 

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Clara
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on Sep 30, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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on Oct 31, 2019
McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

With no doubts, for an entry-level position, I would answer to learn.

Best,
Antonello

on Nov 10, 2019
Former Bain (4+ years, UK & Italy) | Ardian (France) | Specialized in Case Structuring, Case Cracking and Non-verbal Comm.

Make learning a priority. 

Learning gives you the power to create. 

Creating something new (could be contributing to the growh of a practice within the company or launching your own business..) helps you make money. 

It doesn't work the other way around. 

Anonymous G
on Dec 15, 2022

I would rather learn. Reason being, I am still youn and exploring different opportnities. Hence it will make sense that I am able to learn as much as I can. but also I need to pay my bills

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on Jun 08, 2023

learn and earn money

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on Aug 15, 2023

Learn and earn money while doing it

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Anonymous B
on Oct 14, 2019

No one will ask this. Silly question

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on Sep 22, 2021

Learn

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Anonymous C
on Dec 10, 2021

I would choose to keep learning at this point in my life. Having the opportunity to benefit from free education and financial support, it is a gift. By learning and acquiring knowledge I hope to contribute to society and transform my knowledge into impact.

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on Mar 19, 2022

Learn

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Anonymous D
on Mar 31, 2022

Lernen

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Anonymous E
on Apr 06, 2022

I have always valued experiences and adventures over earning money. Both of which I deem important learning opportunities. I can think of at least 2 times in my life that I've deliberately emptied my bank account to go off someplace because of an opportunity to do something new or further my education. Those experiences also came with invaluable lessons, and I felt that in the long term, they added to my marketability. 

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on Jul 07, 2022

earn money

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on Jul 20, 2022

I have been graduated for two years now, and I've changed two jobs, so I think it's still fair enough to say that I'm still trying to figure out what career path I'd like to choose. In light of this, I'd rather learn than earn money.

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Anonymous F
on Sep 16, 2022

while I consider compensation an effective tool to communicate employee value, I find that learning and growth are more important at the current stage of my job. 

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Anonymous H
on Sep 01, 2023

I would rather learn

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on Sep 15, 2023

learn. cause learning is imprtant

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on Sep 17, 2023

i will do both because learning is a life long process and not something that we do just once and we finish with it

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Anonymous I
on Oct 16, 2023

I would definitely rather learn! I love learning and I am convinced that with life-long learning, fulfillment and also monetary freedom will come naturally.

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Anonymous J
on Oct 18, 2023

Both, I want to learn while earning money. As much as I love my university life and being a student, being pushed to grow and learn. Its time to move on and become my own person financially, but that is why I want to work here, working at McKinsey is like being at a university where I get paid, McKinsey puts a strong emphasise on lifelong learning, and gives its consultants the opportunity to continue learning. When speaking to the McKinsey EM's and consultants they said they loved McKinsey because of the university culture and I think it's a great place for me to start and end my career. 

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on Nov 26, 2023

At this point in my life, I would rather learn than earn money as I am at the beginning of my career path and considered a young, enthusiastic individual who is eager to learn from others.

In terms of learning from a consulting approach, since I would potentially be exposed to various industries in consulting, this poses a great opportunity to expand my knowledge and get exposed to an endless learning curve.

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