First interview was performed on college campus and lasted approximately 45 minutes. Subsequently, I was extended an invitation to attend an office interview. In the office, I met many current employees and had interviews with about 4 people. They educated us on firm culture and technology resources. After the office visit I was extended an offer approximately 2 days later.

Interview Questions

Tell me what your goals are for the next 5 years.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)

The interview was very very structured and from comparison with my friends over what questions we got, they were essentially the same. So even though it was my interviewer's first time interviewing, she was basically given specific question to ask. The interview was schedule for half an hour and there was no way we got through all of them.

This was for a tax position.

Interview Questions

How do you manage your time to include all of these activities you are involved in?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Personality Test.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 1 week)

Some behavioral questions to understand your past experience followed by a 30 mins case analysis.

Interview Questions

Why did you choose to study in Los Angeles

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case question about estimating the weight of a plane

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 days)

The interview process was well formed and structured. First was a behavioral interview which was to be followed by 3 more interviews on-site.

Interview Questions

(Looking at a Pepsi Can) What do you think about this can? What processes were involved to make this?

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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 Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 1+ week)

Starting with the questions, "Tell me about yourself" and move on to the company infomation questions.
"How much do you know about our firm? Why do you want to work for our firm?"
Interview style is pretty flexible.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself

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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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Inappropriate?

3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 in Cincinnati, OH (took a day)

I was contacted by a recruiter I know well about an open position. The company was interested in my background. We scheduled a time to meet at the company location for a formal interview. I met with the position's operational area leader as well as like manager positions. Although there were questions regarding my background, career evolution, and interests - most of the interview was designed to (1) see if the details and nuances of the open position seemed like a good fit with my interests and situation, and (2) provide them an opportunity to size whether I would be a good team match. I left feeling that I had fielded the interview very well, and attributed how "at ease" I felt to the fact I didn't really feel any pressure to secure the job - I am very happy with my current situation but like to keep an open mind to opportunities and keep my interview skills sharp. The interview ended with talking to an HR individual about compensation and salary range. I asked for what I considered a local market leading salary for like positions, simply because I would need significant monetary incentive to leave my current situation (wich - I mentioned before - is very good). However, I was very dissapointed with the follow-up process. Not sure if I offended someone with my salary range, but I was extremely transparent as to why I asked for such a range; perhaps the "needing appropriate compensation incentive to leave a good job for what appeared another good job" argument didn't resonate well. No harm, though - I received what I wanted out of the interview.

Interview Questions

Why are you interested in this position?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 (took a day)

Went through university recruiting process and was contacted by college recruiter for interview. Interviewing process consisted of two 20-30 mins 1 on 1 interview with firm managers. Received call a few days later for my offer.

Interview Questions

Please describe yourself.

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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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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in Charlotte, NC (took 6+ weeks)

I was invited for an on site interview , cleared the round , questions were entirely behavioral . Was then asked to take an online test in business writing. Was selected to the next round , which was on site . The superday consisted of 5 round , 4 1:1 and a case study interview. Case interview was challenging , I believe it was the deciding factor in the entire process. Didn't do the case very well. Was not offered the job

Interview Questions

Example of a situation where u showed poor comm skills

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took a day)

Met with at a career fair
Two 30 minute interview, personality based and some standard questions

Interview Questions

Describe a time when you worked in a group and failed the other members or made a mistake.

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Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 in Houston, TX (took 4+ weeks)

It was pretty easy. i had a phone interview.then i was called in for an office visit..then i received a call the next day that i have been made an offer.
The people at the houston office are really nice and calm its definately a place i would want to work