Management consulting 101?

How did this conversation come about, was it through acquaintance or alumni connection?

I think rather than asking about general questions about consulting or consulting at McKinsey, you should focus on understanding his experience with consulting and things that interest you. He probably fields the former types of question plenty through recruiting trips, and you may not get educated enough about the nuisances in consulting within a week to ask insightful questions. If you ask the latter types of questions, you can test to see if your interest fits with his experiences in consulting. In another word, understand if consulting is the right career path for you.

This brings me back to my first question. Because if this conversation is an advise/get-to-know conversation, my suggested framework would work. If it is a recruiting conversation, I don’t think you should be asking basic consulting questions to a partner. You should have already known the answers to basic consulting through previous interactions with other management consultants.