What makes a good consultant?

I spent seven years at McKinsey, all of which served to help me understand with great clarity what consultants (both at their job, and when they're interviewing candidates) care about, look for, and have curiosity toward when it comes to looking for people with the potential to succeed at top consulting firms. One big gap I witnessed as a manager and interviewer was how common it was for me to pose a question, only to have the response clearly misinterpret what I was asking for. As a manager, that might mean having 'How is your workstream going?' be interpreted as 'I'm not confident you know what you're doing, please confirm you've got things under control'; as an interviewer, that might mean someone hearing 'Tell me about yourself' and listing off a litany of facts that I had already gleaned from their resume, instead of helping me paint the picture of the kind of person they were, what interested them, and what motivated them, as a way to start building the case that they had the intrinsics for what it took to succeed. My goal as a coach is to make it clear to you what questions you are truly tackling in the interview process, so that you can focus on having the answers that show your true potential as a consultant-to-be.