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What was a situation where you set a major goal and were able to achieve it?
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This question constitutes a part of the McKinsey personal fit Entrepreneurial Drive dimension.
While telling the story it’s important to highlight a few things:
- The goal you are talking about needs to be impressive (like founding your business, an NGO, competing in major sporting event or a science competition)
- The goal needs to be intrinsic to you, i.e. nobody is expecting from you to do that, but you are still doing it
- There are need to be some significant challenges on your way and you need to give a detailed description on how you overcame them
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Daniel
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i transfered from my university to another most difficult and known one and i could keep my grades up with scholarship
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When I started studying at this private university, it was clear that I need a scholarship to help me finance my studies. Otherwise, I would drown in work.
For that, I needed to excel academically in my first semester and still find enough to continue my social engagement.
I failed the first application process for several scholarships. However, I continued to work on my grades and was willing to the extra mile. I applied again and was able to receive the scholarship I wanted.
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At my previous work
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motivated
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I wanted to raise enough money to fund a Cerebral Palsy unit for children and conducted a fundraiser to do so
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Hello!
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