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Anonymous A
on Sep 21, 2019
Global

What is your biggest dream and your biggest fear?

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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on Mar 24, 2020
McKinsey / ex-Interviewer at McKinsey / I will coach you to rock those interviews

If asked a question like this, it’s good to relate your answer back to something consulting industry is looking for, for example:


Dream

  • Having a real impact on the world (name a specific example like starting a business, NGO, doing something at your job which revolutionises the industry etc.)
  • Working in a driven and fun team while doing it

Fear

  • The opposite of what I listed under the dream, i.e. being in a repetitive job routine, without having a real impact and working alone

Best,
Daniel

Clara
Coach
on Sep 30, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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on Apr 21, 2025

My biggest dream is to become a skilled and respected professional, continuously improving and contributing meaningfully in my field. My biggest fear, however, is conflicts. I believe in collaboration and open communication, so when disagreements arise, it’s a challenge for me. I work hard to handle these situations with diplomacy and find solutions that benefit everyone."

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on Jul 17, 2025

I came to a realisation that my dreams change based on my status, not because i am achieveing all my dreams but because sometimes i adapt to the current situation, i had a dream to become an astraunot but the situation and from where i came from didn't help, but for now, and for a while my biggest dream is to become a minister and work for the public as a public servent. 

my biggest fear is to become comfortable, meaning to get used to my  situation because life because mundane, and tha'ts way out of my character 

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Anonymous I
edited on Jan 03, 2024

My biggest dream is to become successful in my job, found a family and buy my own house with my earned money.

My biggest fear is to lose persons that are very close to me.

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on Sep 21, 2024

my biggest dream is to travel all over the  world, own a beautiful house and live a happy life 

my biggest fear is losing my loved ones

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on Apr 10, 2025

I dream to be a very successful person in my career by biggest fear is choosing a path that was not set for me 

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Anonymous J
on May 09, 2025

My stubborn nature but they understand that it comes with being strong willed 

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Anonymous K
on Jun 20, 2025

Finanzelle Freiheit und nur das zu tun, was mich wirklich interessiert bzw. für was ich brenne. Angst zu scheitern (was eine irrationale Angst ist)

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Anonymous L
on Jun 25, 2025

Biggest dream to become a great professional and keep help business and improving their performance and myself through years of experience.

Biggest fear, not to know something the rest knows or I should know at the moment of speaking to a client.

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on Apr 05, 2022

Biggest dream is to hone all my skills and experience in making a difference in my family, society and company 

 

biggest fear is not giving off my best ,giving up without exploring all my options

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on May 12, 2022

bigges dream is to become a role model in a corporation, for colleagues, friends, familiy and outsiders. 

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Anonymous B
on Oct 08, 2021

Biggest dream to be happy and biggest fear not to achieving my biggest dream

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Anonymous C
on Oct 17, 2021

Build a socialy responsible company that will give back profits to communities. 

My biggest fear is to fail to do it. 

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Anonymous E
on Apr 03, 2022

Dream: Contribute to billions of life
Fear: Failure

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Anonymous F
on Dec 08, 2022

The biggest dream is to create something that creates a long lasting impact on society and solves a long living problem in business.

My biggest fear is if I stop learning that would be a fear I would not like to face

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Anonymous D
on Jan 25, 2022

Biggest dream: make a real impact/contribution to society or ecology
Biggest fear: severe illness

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on Feb 14, 2022

To found and run a profitable company that helps to address one of the key world problems. Diminishment of established core values in society, which will set us back to zero.

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on Jun 11, 2022

to be successful in my career and my biggest fear is realizing i didn't live my life to the fullest potential 

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on Jun 13, 2022

My biggest dream is to be in a position in life where I am happy with my family and set up to financially support the people I care about while working in a fulfilling job that allows me to help companies improve themselves.

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Anonymous G
on Jul 02, 2023

What is my biggest dream: try to make impact on energy policies in developing countries and this is only possible through policies and strategies because policies need to change. That was the reason that I liked working in consultancy.

My biggest fear is working in job that it is full of routine without challenges as I am a person who would hate routine or without learning from my job through doing small repetitive tasks without challenges every time.

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Anonymous H
on Jul 13, 2023

make a lot of money, have health problems

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on Nov 07, 2023

My biggest dream is to visit moon and biggest fear is dying from drowning 

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