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Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton
No Offer – Interviewed in Fort Meade, MD Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 5, 2013
Interview Details – Quick
Interview Question – On the initial recruiter phone call I didn't expect to be asked expected starting salary. Answer Question
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Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Aug 2010 – Reviewed Mar 4, 2013
Interview Details – Very long and drawn out process. Six months from when I first met the recruiter to when I received an offer letter. Had to meet people who were my colleagues, worked in the same market and then a partner. Booz Allen ascribes to the 4-domain interview process: consulting skills, leadership, business development, technical skills. Each interviewer is given one of the four domains to cover. Make sure you have good stories for each domain. They value energy, measurable indicators for success and a spirit of collaboration.
Interview Question – Describe your greatest failure and how you learned from it View Answer
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Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2011 – Reviewed Mar 4, 2013
Interview Details – Group and Panel Interview process
Interview Question – Explain how your skillset and experience would apply and work in a specified situation. Answer Question
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Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 22, 2013
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2-pahse recruiting process:
1) Phone screen with HR recruiter
2) On site behavioral interview with 3 persons each emphasizing
- Consulting Skills,
- Leadership Skills,
- Technical Skills
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Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed Feb 28, 2013
Interview Details – Very pleasant interview process. Their HR office was polite and responsive. I was interviewed by 5 individuals who not only asked me about my relevant skills, but spoke in a very honest fashion of their own daily work demands and company benefits. The questions were technical and behavioral.
Interview Question – In what immediate ways do you believe that you can be an asset to our company? Answer Question
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Intern at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in McLean, VA Jan 2011 – Reviewed Feb 23, 2013
Interview Details – Applied online in November for a summer internship, received e-mail to set up phone screening in mid January. After initial phone screening I setup another interview with 2 different people. Each interview lasted about 30 minutes and was comprised of a technical interviewer and a behavioral interviewer. Everything was done over the phone. About a week later I received an offer.
Interview Question – Technical questions weren't very difficult. Mostly comprised of what I knew about computer programming languages. There was one behavioral question that caught me off guard. It was "Recall a situation in which you faced a difficult challenge and how you overcame it." Answer Question
Negotiation Details – As an intern I didn't have much room to negotiate.
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Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA – Reviewed Feb 26, 2013
Interview Details – Hiring and Interview process varies from location and from manager. Main purpose of interview is to find out if you are a "good fit" for the company. In my opinion, year of experience and performance is not taken into account.
Negotiation Details – Negotiation was limited. HR or recruited told me that i will be promoted in a year to the next level given my experience. This never happened.
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Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in McLean, VA May 2010 – Reviewed Feb 22, 2013
Interview Details – Use your networks to find someone inside the company to champion your resume for a position that you can find on the web. After that, keep the communication going with the recruiter. They get pretty busy and sometimes lose touch.
Interview Question – For software and database developers, you may be asked to answer a specific coding question. I had to write a SQL statement that did an outer join with a simple filter. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They had a lot of applicants, so I wasn't able to negotiate much.
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Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in McLean, VA – Reviewed Feb 21, 2013
Interview Details – I went to one of their recruitment events for college students. They split the pool of students into groups and gave them a chance to talk to current employees who have started working there in the past year (or two). The actual interview process was round robin style and was described as mainly being a behavioral interview. I was interviewed by two people the first round and then by one person the second round. In the second round, I was asked some technical questions that were not too bad, but was unexpected. A week later, I received a phone call saying that one of my interviewers is interested in offering me a job and that I would be receiving an offer letter in a week. The email for the offer letter was not sent to me in a week, so I emailed them back about and they sent it to me in a couple of days.
Interview Question – I was asked some basic questions about computer networking. For me at that point, it was about memorization and regurgitation. Answer Question
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Business Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton
No Offer – Interviewed in Alexandria, VA Mar 2012 – Reviewed Feb 21, 2013
Interview Details – The recruiter asked some very basic questions regarding my resume during the first interview. Next was an online, timed writing assessment. I was given three options and one hour to submit the assignment. Finally, there was an in-person interview at their headquarters. I spoke to three team member in a round robin style interview. One team member asked about my leadership experience, the second asked about my competency, and the third gauged my fit at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Interview Question – Name a time when you led a team. Answer Question
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