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Anonymous A
on Sep 20, 2019
Global

What is your greatest professional achievement?

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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Anonymous
on Aug 13, 2020

Firstly, when answering this question always be truthful. Perhaps firms want to see certain skillsets / qualities in their candidates and your achievement does not cover those. But that does not mean it will count against you and therefore you must embellish or create new stories to reflect what they look for.

Instead, communicate that achievement clearly and concisely, highlight the value of it, your skillsets and qualities, and the importance of it to you. And if the achievemnet does not tick certain boxes that a consulting firm would appreciate, mention that although this did not involve me doing X, I did do that in another initiative for the firm on a separate occasion and I would be happy to detail what I did on that front and why I am great at it.

Firms typically value qualities such as being a self-starter, being proactive, having the ability to figure things out especailly with a great deal of uncertainty and a lack of direction/clarity, they will be looking for how well you applied problem-solving and analytical thinking, how you managed stakeholders, and what level of self-awareness / EQ you have. Consulting is a peoples business and therefore they will also be interested in how you manage relationships with others, in particular difficult characters, those that challenge you, those that give you feedback...

Tip of the day: for each firm, ask a consultant prior to the interview how their evaluations are performed (against what metrics / areas). And more likely than not, those areas will be sitting in the back of the interviewers mind when assessing your response (and in accordance to the position you are applying for)

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Anonymous H
on Aug 16, 2024

I solved monitoring issues that lasted for years with simple yet innovative solutions and brought digital transformation to my company.

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on Aug 09, 2021

Career in academia

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Anonymous C
on Oct 24, 2022

My greatest professional achievement is the publications that I have submitted to two journals. In those publications I demonstrated my ability to produce high quality analysis of experimental results, my independent drive to lead a project and my excellent writing skills that are will be useful in my future career in consulting. 

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Anonymous D
on Jan 30, 2023

Management Consulting internship

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on Feb 14, 2023

My biggest success was that I successfully achieved all the goals I set for myself so far - and my demands to myself are very high ;)

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Anonymous E
on Feb 23, 2023
  1. Standardization and innovation committee
  2. It supports associate engineers learning and training
  3. Templates and tools
  4. Overall efficiencies created by the program are expected to save $250k
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Anonymous F
edited on Mar 21, 2023

That I was able to finance myself 100% on a self-employed basis after completing my education through the Bachelor's and Master's degrees and fulfil material desires.

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Anonymous G
edited on Apr 07, 2023

My greatest ahievement has been studying abroad for 5 years and being independent from the age of 17.

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Anonymous B
on Oct 05, 2020
edited on Oct 23, 2021

Being able to do a patrol of the electrical system of the faculty i studied in being a business engineer so without strong technical preparation

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