Foundation · The fit interview
The fit, behavioral, and personal interview
The part of the interview that is not a case. How to build and tell a strong story, the dimensions firms probe (including McKinsey's current four), how many stories you need, and the questions almost every candidate is asked.
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Key takeaways
- Build a story bank of about eight real stories: two for each dimension.
- The specific answer is true, concrete, and shows rather than tells. The general answer gives the interviewer nothing new.
- Tell a real story in a clear situation, task, action, result shape.
- Build a bank of about eight stories that covers the main dimensions.
- Give specific answers to why consulting, why this firm, and why you.
By the end you will be able to
- Tell a real story in a clear situation, task, action, result shape
- Build a bank of about eight stories that covers the main dimensions
- Give specific answers to why consulting, why this firm, and why you
- Handle deep follow-up questions like those in McKinsey's Personal Experience Interview
Lessons
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Key terms
Start with lesson 1
2 lessons, about 10 minutes in all. Each one builds on the one before.