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Updated May 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 (took 4+ weeks)

The interview process and subsequently the offer took a long time coming.

Interview Questions

Mostly based on past experience and a case study

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Negotiation Details

Negotiate hard.It is very difficult to get promotion for the next 3-4 years.So,please keep this in mind.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 (took 1+ week)

All the interviews were done via phone.
The initial interview was done by HR to ensure I am interested in the job.
Subsequently, 2 additional interviews were performed by the company's on-site associates. Neither one provided much details of the position or requirements.
The final interview was conducted by the client's panel. This was the interview that counted. The clients asked all the pertinent questions. The job involve the initial project analysis and management of a corporate policy project using IT.
The questions included:
1. How well do I perform JAD?
2. What do I do to ensure deadlines are met?
3. How do I deal with difficult people?

Interview Questions

How do I deal with difficult people

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Negotiation Details

There was very little negotiation involve.
The company offered a few thousand dollars higher than my current salary.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 in Teaneck, NJ (took a day)

Had to go over my background, for business consulting - they were looking client exposure.

Interview Questions

What would you do to improve process consulting

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)

One behavioral interivew, and one case interview. 45 minutes for each.

Interview Questions

Can you briefly tell me about your background?

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What is your career plan after graduating from MBA school?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Chennai (India) (took a day)

Interview was very simple, there was not much asked related to either Consulting assignments or Domain..it was majorly on the past experiences.

Interview Questions

How would I approach a business case around non satellite based distribution of media services.

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Negotiation Details

From campus it is hard to negotiate fror location related requests

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in Teaneck, NJ (took 5+ weeks)

I applied through my school's career website. I had a on-campus interview with them, it was 1:1 and mainly behavioral and common HR type questions. I was then invited for a on-site interview in NJ. It consisted of 3 1:1 interview, one technical interview, one HR interview, and one behavioral interview. They informed those who received a offer in 2-3 days.

Interview Questions

Describe the software life cycle.

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Describe your experience using SQL.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 2 weeks)

I had a couple of phone interviews with various Project Managers over a two week period.
The questions were purely 'fit' questions i.e. "walk me through your resume", "tell me about a time when..."

The following week arrangements were made for me to interview in the Teaneck office.
I had a back-to-back 1:1 interviews with a few manager and partner level consultants.
These interviews were an equal mix of fit and case interviews. They followed the standard format:
a few minutes for small talk and ice breakers; a fifteen minute conversation about background, accomplishments, and reasons for choosing them; about 15-20 minutes going through a standard consulting case; 5 minutes for questions and wrap-up.