Booz Allen Hamilton Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – This was an entry level position, so I did not get a lot of technical questions. It was more about whether I was somewhat capable of doing the job. Turns out, they just wanted to fill an entry level position. There wasn't much to it than that.

I wanted to know more about the position and whether I could actually do it, but I already did not know the technologies mentioned by the lead developer. Even though I didn't know them, as it turns out, I had enough qualifications on my resume. Namely my master's and bachelor's degrees in computer science.

Negotiation Details – I have never got a salary as good as the one offered; more than I ever expected. I was just asked, "Is that okay?" by the recruiter. If anything I was grateful to get a job. I still am, I just hope I will eventually get paid what I am worth given that I have found that it is 20% less than the median.

Interview Details – Submitted my resume in late 2007, didn't hear back until early 2008. Once a recruiter got back to me, they scheduled interviews where I was brought in with a bunch of other people. It was a little awkward. I interviewed with 4 different people, though no case interview questions were posed. They basically asked me about my background and why I was interested in consulting.

Interview Details – I hired in as a Senior Consultant and at the time the progression went from Researcher, Consultant, Sr Consultant, Associate, Sr Associate, Principal, Parter (Senior VP). Now the progress is Consultant, Sr Consultant, Associate, Lead Associate, Sr Associate, Principal, Vice President, Partner (SVP/EVP).

I was placed in a room and several people rotated in to interview me. They asked both situational and skills based questions, but not a case interview.

Negotiation Details – I had three offers on the table and I stated that my highest offer was 15% higher than what they were offering. They came back with a raised offer and a signing bonus, which put me slightly lower than my highest offer. I took the lower offer because of the future opportunities.

Interview Details – I went to a few recruiting event at school that Booz employees attended to network and after applying was I had a hour long phone interview. After the phone interview I was brought in with a group of other students and I had a round of 3 interviews back to back. I received an offer about 2 weeks after my last interview.

Negotiation Details – I gave them a $20k salary range during the interview that was pretty conservative and was offered $10k less than the low end of my range. I asked for something in the range and was told, no. I was only able to get $5k more after telling them I would decline the offer without it. No bonus.

Interview Details – The process itself was relatively easy once I had my interview, however coordinating with HR to get the interview took several weeks. I'm not entirely sure what the issue was, but I had almost moved on to another opportunity when Booz Allen finally interviewed me.

I had an initial phone interview with HR that covered the basics (my work history, interest in the particular job I was applying for etc), and a group interview comprised of what would become my fellow co-workers and management chain. I met with 5 people individually for approximately 15 - 20 minutes each. Most of the questions were focued on client delivery and what examples I could provide from my work history.

After the interview, it was about a week until I heard back from HR with an offer.

Negotiation Details – The negotiation phase was easy. I received what I requested which means I probably low-balled my offer.

Interview Details – I was contacted by a BAH recruiter who had received my resume. The recruiter was very nice and helped me through the entire process.

I was interviewed by a panel of 4 Sr. Associates. The interview took about 3 hours. We discussed in detail the area I was applying for. Interview went great and I enjoyed it. It was long but I asked a lot of questions as well.

Negotiation Details – Recruiter asked me for my total compensation from my previous employer and they provided me a salary above what I was making. Very easy process.

Interview Details – Pretty lax interview process. At Booz, its all about internal referrals. I was referred by someone I know so getting the interview wasn't hard considering my experience. I met with four people, 30 minutes each. Only one really made me sweat; the rest were really just normal conversations more about my past experience and behavioral traits.

Negotiation Details – I went back and re-negotiated two times. They really low balled me the first time. My final offer was 10K above what the original offer was.

Interview Details – I met with a round of 4 people during my interview. One HR representative, two technical staff, and one functional staff. There were no standard interview structure, and it was more or less up to the interviewer to gauge you according to their interests.

Interview Details – Booz Allen usually brings candidates in to a large interview session for 50+ applicants at a time where each applicant interviews for 30 minutes with three current client-facing staff.

Negotiation Details – No negotiation.