Prepping for interviews - advice on common behavioral interview questions to prep for? This is for AP/Principal exit level, focus on tech. Haven’t done interviews in a while, so looking for a shortlist of the ‘types of stories’ I should prep in order to adapt the stories to different behavioral questions. Appreciate any input

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What worked better for me was instead of trying to come up with a list of questions or types of stories, i worked on detailing out 3-5 strong, personal experiences first. Then tried to layer in how different themes could be addressed.

Typical themes asked about, for an AP candidate: Leadership without authority, converting naysayers, team development,

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Was in a similar situation couple of months ago and Rocket Blocks helped a lot, they have a behavioral section that you can subscribe to and it has a ton of typical fit questions which you can answer using 3-4 stories

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Thanks! Will take a look

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EM at McK exiting to a tech role for AP? Doesn’t seem the usual, how did you pull that off?

I recognize my verbiage and title may be confusing, so just to be explicit - I am currently at the AP/Principal-equivalent level of seniority at a consulting firm, and am interviewing for tech roles. My EM FB title is just old.

Tell me about a time when you saw an opportunity to profit from inside information, what did you do and what was the outcome?

Tell me about a time when you helped a client make money, even though you knew it would harm people.

Tell me about a time you thought about being corrupt and paying off people to get business, what did you do and what was the outcome?

I’ll give you some credit for typing that out…but that’s it - not especially witty

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