Behavioral & PEI
Personal Experience Interview, Why-Consulting?, leadership stories, and the soft side that gets candidates dinged silently.
Delivering a 90-Second Fit Story Out Loud
A story that reads well can still fall apart when you say it. Here is a five-beat structure with a word budget, a fully worked example, and the drills that turn a good story into a clean ninety-second answer.
Five Patterns That Trip Up Strong Candidates in Final Rounds
Strong case scores get you to the final round; they do not carry you through it. Five patterns that tend to separate strong candidates from offers, what each sounds like, and how to fix it before your next round.
Build a Story Bank: Eight Stories That Cover Most Fit Questions
You do not need thirty rehearsed answers for consulting fit interviews. You need eight good stories that between them cover most fit questions, each able to answer two or three of them. How to choose, structure, map, and test them.
After the Rejection: A Pragmatic Playbook
An MBB rejection email is not a verdict on you. It is a single data point under heavy noise. What to actually do in the 72 hours after — and how to give yourself the best shot at the next round of firms or the next cycle.
Why 'Why Consulting?' Is Where Most Candidates Lose the Offer
Three sentences in, the interviewer can already tell whether your 'Why Consulting?' answer is real or recycled. A look at what an interview-winning answer sounds like — and the four templates that quietly kill candidacies.
The 3 PEI Story Buckets (and Which You're Probably Missing)
McKinsey's Personal Experience Interview tests three things, not one. Most candidates have a strong leadership story, a weaker entrepreneurial story, and no personal-impact story at all.
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