Yes, club and class-project stories can work for consulting personal experience interviews, especially if your Master's has limited full-time work experience.

The story must show a real choice, personal contribution and outcome. A group assignment where everyone did the expected work is usually less convincing than one where you navigated a genuine disagreement or obstacle.

A student society budget dispute or a project teammate missing deadlines can be useful if you can explain what you personally did, how others responded and what happened afterward.

Choose club or class-project stories based on the trait each question tests, not the prestige of the activity. Compare your story with examples of McKinsey PEI stories and prepare concrete follow-up facts without overstating your role.

My strongest leadership example is a messy group project, not a job. The tricky part is showing exactly what I did.

How would you quantify impact when the only formal outcome was a shared grade?

We had a disagreement over which data source to trust. Resolving it took way more work than the presentation itself.

I wouldn't lead with the grade personally. I'd talk about the decision and what changed because of it.

Anyone else have a project where the outcome was good but your individual contribution is hard to explain?