what are some of the best questions to ask at the end of the interview?

Hi,

Hi,

The main objective is to have a good conversation and highlight your intellectual capacity and curiosity. Thus:

It is ok to ask:

• Questions that cause positive emotions and highlight consulting pros (e.g. Mck people, getting industry knowledge, becoming an expert in something, building a great network, etc)
• Questions on the topics you are excited about (e.g. data science, digital, etc)
• Topics related to the industry in which the interviewer specializes (hint: think of the most common industries in the particular office, go to the company's website and read the recent articles about these industries to come up with the good questions)
• Non-business questions (e.g. team retreats, office traditions and celebrations)

It's not ok to ask:

• Questions that can cause negative emotions (e.g. work hours, most difficult project, etc) - you don't want to finish on a negative note, right?
• The information you should learn before the interview (e.g. typical career path, etc)
• Questions that may show that you are unfamiliar with consulting work ("Will I be able to work specifically on strategic projects?")

Be prepared and good luck!

Here are some great answers to that question:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/questions-at-the-end-of-interview-1827

Dear Waleed,

Ideally, there are questions hat could show your intrinsic interest in the company, person, or both ideally. So one of the greatest question could be for example the following:

"Now, look at your career XX long, what is the one project assignment, by looking back, makes you very proud of accomplishing smth great?"

Hope it helps,


Good luck,

André

Hi Waleed,

The main idea is making the most of the very limited face time available with your interviewers. As a consequence, questions probing personal insights from your interviewers make sense to learn more about the firm ... and that might even lead to some interesting insights. Some questions I am thinking of are e.g.

• Where exactly do you see the competitive advantage of McKinsey vs. their competitors?
• Which three things turned out to be different after joining McKinsey than what you expected in advance?
• ...

Hope that helps to think into the right direction!

Robert