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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 23, 2013
Interview Details – Three interviews. Fair and thorough. Do your homework!
Interview Question – None really Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Dec 2011 – Reviewed Jan 18, 2012
Interview Details – I first applied for a general Healthcare Consultant position, interviewed on the phone and about two weeks later got a rejection email. No problem with that! A couple of weeks after that was reached out by a recruiter and offered to interview on-site for a different position. The job description was great and I realized that I would be a good fit for the position. On the day of the interview I discovered that I was being interviewed for a position different from what the job description stated. I didn't get the offer. I don't begrudge them for that, but they could write the job description for the position the hiring manager wants to fill.
Interview Question – If I give you 100 pennies how would you allocate them between the following skills? View Answer
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC May 2011 – Reviewed Jun 29, 2011
Interview Details – initial phone interview w/ HR recruiter. in-person interview with two senior group members and one interview with the director of the group. case study exam (90 minutes, 1 question) to test business strategy skills
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- Describe how your educational background directly addresses the way we serve our clients? Answer Question
- (after the interviewer described a current consulting "product") Can you think of some ways we could apply this template to other areas of business? Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Dec 2010 – Reviewed Jun 21, 2011
Interview Details – Two phone interviews, and then asked to fly out for a real interview. Phone interviews were about 30 minutes. Offered to proceed with an in-person interview but declined flying out, as it wasn't possible for me to relocate.
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- What recommendations would you make to the administrators of your university? Answer Question
- Why ABC? Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Feb 2010 – Reviewed Mar 10, 2010
Interview Details – The phone interview was a standard behavioral interview held by a corporate recruiter. The main focus of the interview was why I wanted to join Advisory Board and what the position could offer me that my current job could not. There were also some questions about my experiences with my current company, but again, everything led back to what I thought I could gain by working at ABC.
Interview Question – When you compared your current job responsibilities to the ones listed for the consultant position at ABC, what differences did you see? View Answers (2)
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Nov 2012 – Reviewed Dec 23, 2012
Interview Details – Submitted my résumé online and heard back in about a week. Had a 30 minute phone interview with an HR person. Standard interview- describe your experience, work habits, etc. Heard back within 2 weeks, which is the timeline I was told, and notified via email. My only complaint is that the email rejection requested feedback about their interview process. I responded with some comments, which were positive because it was in fact a positive experience, but I also requested feedback on my interview. Never got a response.
Interview Question – Do you prefer to work independently or in a group? Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 5, 2012
Interview Details –
1 HR Phone interview
1 Phone interview with Hiring Manager
2 back to back phone rounds with senior management/industry experts
2 back to back in-person interviews at DC Office with senior management/industry leaders
1 Case Interview/Research Note Presentation and Defense
Interview Question – Research Note presentation and defense Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Jun 2012 – Reviewed Jul 17, 2012
Interview Details – I applied for a position with ABC via the online career search. I was contacted about 2 days later to schedule a phone interview. The interview itself was very basic and straightforward. I prepared for it using the advice found on this site and was not surprised by any of the questions. I thought the interview went very well and at the end I was asked when I would be able to start and what my salary requirements were. However, it has been over a month and I haven't had a response regarding my candidacy despite e-mailing and calling several times.
Interview Question – All of the questions were straightforward Answer Question
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Jun 2012 – Reviewed Jul 5, 2012
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After three telephone interviews, I was invited to Washington, DC to interview for a consulting position. I was quite surprised at two things when I arrived. First, most of the employees were very young as if this was their first job out of college or graduate school. Secondly, the office dress is business casusal, emphasis on the casual. I was asked to audition as well as interview. The audition had 4 parts and took up all morning. Then, I had three interviews. Between interviews one and two I was provided lunch and shown to a large break room and left alone for an hour. That was a little unusual. Interviews one and three were quite normal. Interview two was just plain odd. The gentleman with whom I interviewed was very proud of his MBA and referenced it a lot during the interview. In addition, he was very focussed on my college experience. This caught me off guard because it has been more than 20 years since I graduated college.
This is a very good company. The interview process and audition are very thorough and fair. It was a mental mnarathon that I found quite exhausting. Other than the very casual attire and youth of the workforce, it was about as normal as any visit to a corporate headquarters could be.
I am awaiting word as to whether or not I will receive an offer and am cautioisly optimistic. If I don't receive an offer it will likely be because of my age.
Interview Question – What has been your greatest work accomplishment? View Answer
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Consultant at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2012 – Reviewed May 29, 2012
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I work for a large healthcare system and heard about Advisory Board through ACHE networking. I have looked into making a career move for some time now and applied to a few positions with them online, mainly in consulting and sales. I also got connected to a director-level employee there and spoke to him via phone. Great conversation though I did not feel he was exactly advocating working there for reasons not discussed in any detail. I must give it to them though, their HR department did initially respond in a very quick, timely manner.
A recruiter contacted me via email only a day or so later to schedule a "standard initial process" interview. I picked a date and time and additionally asked for which position given they didn't specify anywhere and I had applied to more than one. I didn't get a response and found out the actual field/concentration (completely off-base; one I definitely did NOT apply to) during the actual interview. I have to say this interviewer was AWFUL! First, I could not hear her clearly. I asked as politely as possible if there was a way to make a change so I could hear. Nothing. Asked kindly again and again, nothing. I simply had to try to interpret what she said the whole time. Second, the very first item she asked I talk about was one project I worked on and then proceeded to ask very off-base questions. Most interviewers would accommodate the interviewee with professionalism and ask for another example once they realized they did not address the specific topic or ask the proper questions in the beginning. But not this lady, she hounded on the components I was not primarily responsible for under this particular project and I nicely tried to bring that to light that after I realized what she was wanting examples of specifically. I then asked if we could discuss another engagement better suited to her questions and expectations where my duties and deliverables better fit. Nothing.
I felt like a fool and this was by far the easiest per se, most basic interview I had to date and I have interviewed at other consulting and management firms. To add insult to injury, when they did get things together and reached out about a position I DID in fact apply for I arranged to interview only to find out a few hours before that it was their "standard policy" to wait to "re-interview" after a 6 month period passed from the last interview.
Hope this kind of experience is the exception and not the rule. I wont be looking here when my current organization needs services or products let alone future employment.
Interview Question – Describe a consulting project you worked on. Answer Question
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