Why Mckinsey is so obsessed with Conflict question during the interview?

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Because you're going to hate everyone you work with 😉

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We use it as a way to evaluate how you might interact with tough clients during moments of conflict. We want to make sure that even if all of the training that we provide gets forgotten in the heat of the moment that your default action will keep the client in mind.

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Have you ever worked with clients before? ‘Nuf said

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What kind of question do they ask?

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