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Recency of McKinsey PEI Stories for Experienced Hires

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Hey there, There is always a trade-off. If you are an experienced hire, its not 15 years ago, and you actually can demonstrate significant impact, then 4 or 5 years are ok (in your case) Have a look on how to draft the ... (read entire answer)

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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McK PEI example questions

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John & anybody else who is looking into this, I've put together a video course about the PEI that also includes the most common questions (collected by me from all my candidates who went to McKinsey interviews aroun ... (read entire answer)

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Repeating stories in the McKinsey PEI

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Dec 23, 2020

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Hello! It is not the best practice. Interviews are a way to help consultants know you better, hence, the more angles you give from you, the better However, it´s not a dealbreaker, if you repeat a story in different ... (read entire answer)

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McK PEI: "Problem Solving" as a separate PEI Dimension?

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I know this is very confusing. In practice, no, ‘problem-solving’ is rather assessed during the case, not the interview. Now there is also ‘courageous change’ as a fourth dimension. For anyone else who is preparing for ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey PEI Team conflics

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In the way you present the story, it's unclear what role the team was playing. So, bring that forward. And ideally, explain how you worked with multiple people/stakeholders, not only with the senior detractor. For anyo ... (read entire answer)

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The Ultimate McKinsey PEI Prep

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Sharing here the latest material on the topic. It is a video course I created that includes the 6-step storytelling framework that has helped my candidates get distinctive feedback on the McKinsey PEI. You can find out ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey PEI - Drive - telling the reasons?

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PARADE is a good structure, but there are better alternatives. The main thing that PARADE lacks is its ability to highlight the situation's stakes (i.e., the consequences of your inaction in that story). The more able ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey PEI -- "resolving conflict within a team setting"

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Actually, this can belong to both dimensions. You can see it as part of inclusive leadership because of its emphasis on the team and leadership component. You can see it as part of personal impact for its focus on con ... (read entire answer)

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PEI Personal Impact - How many iterations to convince someone

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Hello! I believe you are overthinking this one. There is not such a KPI as “number of iterations”. What´s true is that the story needs to be convincing and good (which means that you need to convince a “good” stakeholde ... (read entire answer)

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Challenge PEI - story about actually preparing for interviews

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Hey there, the question you are discussing would fall under the Entrepreneurial Drive, where you need to showcase: Set a goal for yourself and pursue it relentlessly against all odd The focus here should be on o ... (read entire answer)

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Tailoring PEI stories

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Hi there, I have written a detailed article on the PEI here that covers all aspects here. https://www.preplounge.com/en/mckinsey-pei The article covers: Questions of the PEI and Content that makes for strong a ... (read entire answer)

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Hey there, It's actually completely okay to have a few stories only in mind as long as you learn how to tailor these depending on the question. Step 1 - Find flexible stories and know which skills they cover There ... (read entire answer)

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McKinsey PEI - Entrepreneurship

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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PEI Interview at McKinsey

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... (read entire answer)

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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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 ... (read entire answer)

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