An ex-McKinsey consultant listed five common myths about management-consulting interviews.
Top management-consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company, known collectively as MBB, are notorious for their challenging interviews.
Interviewers are trained to refrain from asking such things," Koné said.
Instead, you'll face a series of case-study interviews where the interviewer will give you a problem from a previous project, he continued.
"If you depend on specific knowledge to solve problems, you'll struggle when you have to tackle problems that take you out of your comfort zone.