What would you ask me if you were the interviewer?

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Anonymous A asked on Sep 21, 2019

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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Gero
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replied on Jan 07, 2024
Ex-BCG │200+ Interviews & Interview Coachings @ BCG │ 20+ candidates coached into MBB │WHU/LSE/Nova │ Teacher & Trainer

#1 There is a better response 

Great ideas in this thread. However, an exceptional candidate would answer the question in a unique way that cannot be prepared in advance - he/she would use some piece of information about the interviewer to show they can do relationship-building by coming up with interesting and engaging questions that are relevant to the interviewer.

#2 What great candidates do

That information can come from the interviewer bio. Even better would be from the previous interview discussion directly. The best candidates I experienced in the fit part were able to co-create an interesting dialogue by managing (storing and using it at the right time) the chunks of personal information I shared, showing genuine interest in me and not only their own success (even if just as a tactic).

#3 How it may look like

One example that I was actually asked (and liked): 

“Given your commitment to coaching colleagues at BCG (that I had shared as part of my short intro), how would you say is coaching different from your consulting work?”

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Josef replied on Mar 01, 2024

Can you provide me with a time that you needed to collaborate with someone you did not know well?

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Anonymous K replied on Jan 16, 2024

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Anonymous J updated the answer on Jan 07, 2024

What characteristics share your closest friends?

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Antonello
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replied on Oct 28, 2019
McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Why consulting. (or why her particular firm).

Best,

Antonello

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Ruby replied on Sep 04, 2023

How do you fit consulting?

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Tobias replied on Mar 27, 2023

What is your personal purpose in life. 

(Show that the personal values are aligned between possible future colleagues)

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Niclas replied on Mar 23, 2023

What is your ambition for the next 5 years? What do you want to achieve at this company?

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Anonymous replied on Sep 05, 2020

Hi A,

"What is your biggest achievement?" and "What was the hardest challenge in your life and how did you manage it?" are quite good questions.

Just be honest and use the STAR structure to make your answer clear and full.

S - describe the Sutuation (achievement or challenge).

T - Tasks you had to manage.

A - your personal Approach to the sitruation and what exactly you did to solve it.

R - Result of your efforts and the final outcome. Also, what you've learned out of it.

Hope this helps.

Best,

Andre

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Anonymous I replied on Oct 21, 2023

How does consulting help you grow? And especially at this firm?

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Francisca replied on Oct 16, 2023

How is a day at your company?

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Anonymous H replied on Jul 13, 2023

what is one of your friend's best achievement?

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Anonymous G replied on Oct 25, 2022

Which aspects of consulting work motivate you

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Anonymous F replied on Oct 22, 2022

I would be interested in what challenges you met in the previous working experience that brought you to think consulting was a good career path

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jing ying replied on Jun 20, 2022

What do you think are the most important qualities you possess?

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Anonymous E replied on May 20, 2022

Which of your bosses/ supervisors did you like working with the least and why?

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Janelle replied on Apr 07, 2022
Prepping for McKinsey Interview - so working with interviewer-led style cases :)

“What's the most random, yet rewarding thing you've ever done?” 

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Lukas replied on Dec 13, 2021

How would you describe the perfect work sorrounding?

 

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Antoine replied on Oct 07, 2020

see answer

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Clara
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replied on Jul 06, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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Anonymous D replied on Apr 17, 2020

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Anonymous C replied on Apr 13, 2020

tell me a joke

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Anonymous B replied on Jan 02, 2020

What are the most important things to you in a job?

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