<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Top1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top1]]></description><link>https://sur-mesure.wixsite.com/top1percent/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:14:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.top1percentmethod.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful MBB interview question you can ask]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most powerful MBB interview question you can ask It wasn't about the team. It wasn't about the promotion path. It was: "What type of people usually do well here?" Most candidates wait until the end of the interview to ask questions. The best candidates start gathering information from the first minute. Think about it. If the interviewer tells you: • We hire people who are highly entrepreneurial. • We value candidates who influence without authority. • Our top performers are exceptionally...]]></description><link>https://www.top1percentmethod.com/post/the-most-powerful-mbb-interview-question-you-can-ask</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a81860040f3daf10ba4ba96</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e19a5_3344dbe951a54b24a4dbd5abbd41a594~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sur-mesure</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold email to McKinsey partner that worked:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most networking messages fail for one simple reason: They focus on the sender. The best ones focus on the recipient. A candidate recently secured a meeting with a McKinsey Partner using a message similar to the one in this post. What worked? 1. They referenced a specific publication. Not: ❌ "I've been following McKinsey's work." Instead: ✅ "Your article on recalibrating CIO technology budgets for the AI era influenced discussions we had internally on technology investment governance."...]]></description><link>https://www.top1percentmethod.com/post/cold-email-to-mckinsey-partner-that-worked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5d297b5e7d848635e5065c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:46:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e19a5_93fb6b76ec4545e5939007e34d08f556~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sur-mesure</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A senior partner at McKinsey once gave me a piece of advice that completely changed how I approach high-stakes meetings. And how you can use it in MBB interviews.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the time, I was preparing for a client pitch that, if successful, could lead to + 19 mn USD in revenues to the firm I worked at. I was trying to prepare for everything: - every possible question - every possible objection - every possible scenario My mentor, former senior McKinsey partner, looked at me and said: “Alexandra, the goal is not to prepare for every possible direction the conversation could take. The goal is to know the 3 key messages you want the client to leave the room with....]]></description><link>https://www.top1percentmethod.com/post/a-senior-partner-at-mckinsey-once-gave-me-a-piece-of-advice-that-completely-changed-how-i-approach-h</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a593a1301e576df51c80418</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e19a5_936ca1d98dc04e47b9853d122bf173e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sur-mesure</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>