Hi there,
1. What types of questions do recruiters ask?
Typical ones are the following:
- Tell me about yourself
- Why consulting
- Why us
- Give me an example of when you led a team
- Tell me about a time when you had to convince someone not agreeing with you
- What has been your major achievement so far when you started something
- Why should we hire you
Questions about experiences (similar to 4, 5 and 6) are standard at McKinsey, but other companies may ask them as well. To prepare those questions, I would recommend the following checklist:
- Understand the difference between, leadership, impact and drive areas. You can find a link with their differences here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-difference-drive-and-personal-impact-918#a1780
- Identify good stories for each area. Ideally you want to have at least two stories for each area.
- Use a structure for your story. I would suggest to use the STARR model (Situation, Task, Action, Rational for Action, Results)
- Identify for each story one sentence clarifying what the story is about and start with it. Think of it as the title of a journal article.
- Practice live, collect feedback from people listening to you, reiterate until when you get fluent and persuasive
2. How should my answers to the phone screening be different from those to actual FIT interviews with consultants?
You can answer in the same way
3. I'm an experienced hire (Financial Services) applying for the specific industry consultant role. Will I be tested in my FS industry knowledge either during the phone screen or case interviews?
You may be tested on that. You will very likely have FS cases during interviews, but not necessarily only them.
Best,
Francesco
Hi there,
1. What types of questions do recruiters ask?
Typical ones are the following:
- Tell me about yourself
- Why consulting
- Why us
- Give me an example of when you led a team
- Tell me about a time when you had to convince someone not agreeing with you
- What has been your major achievement so far when you started something
- Why should we hire you
Questions about experiences (similar to 4, 5 and 6) are standard at McKinsey, but other companies may ask them as well. To prepare those questions, I would recommend the following checklist:
- Understand the difference between, leadership, impact and drive areas. You can find a link with their differences here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-difference-drive-and-personal-impact-918#a1780
- Identify good stories for each area. Ideally you want to have at least two stories for each area.
- Use a structure for your story. I would suggest to use the STARR model (Situation, Task, Action, Rational for Action, Results)
- Identify for each story one sentence clarifying what the story is about and start with it. Think of it as the title of a journal article.
- Practice live, collect feedback from people listening to you, reiterate until when you get fluent and persuasive
2. How should my answers to the phone screening be different from those to actual FIT interviews with consultants?
You can answer in the same way
3. I'm an experienced hire (Financial Services) applying for the specific industry consultant role. Will I be tested in my FS industry knowledge either during the phone screen or case interviews?
You may be tested on that. You will very likely have FS cases during interviews, but not necessarily only them.
Best,
Francesco