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Updated May 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Finance at Hay Group
Posted May 19, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took a day)
Mnc company having experienced managers and consultants providing a good learning ground
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Analyst at Hay Group
Posted Nov 7, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
smooth interview process. met with 3 individuals.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Associate Consultant at Hay Group
Posted Jul 21, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4 months)
The first thing to say is that at Hay Group, Senior Consultants usually have 5 years experience in Consultancy, as such it is more Senior that the equivalent position at organisations like Ernst & Young, where Senior Consultant would translate to Hay groups C2, which is mid-level consultant. The first stage was an online 3 pronged assessment determining, numerical, verbal and abstract ability. This was extremely tough, I have to admit that I almost gave up part way through because of its difficulty. It is multiple choice but it is extremely time pressured and there are over 20 different options. In addition even though you can use a calculator, I found that time was so limited that when entering the figures (in some cases you have to find the average of 9, five digit numbers) if I had made an error I wouldn't have had any time to start the calculation again. I would suggest that you prepare by doing about 20 hours practice. I happen to know that over 200 people applied for the 1 position I got and quite a few were eliminated at this stage. The second interview lasted 1 hour and was with 2 senior staff members. The involved a barrage of questions, covering both personal experience and my understanding of the sector (it was a specialist role) and recent changes in government policy and recent views from the media. Again this was fairly tough, I eat, sleep and breathe my job, so I was more than prepare and had delivered a seminar 2 days before so was prepared for all aspects of the interview. I would say that anyone at this stage really needs to do their homework, what Hay are looking for are very smart people, who know their stuff and who can form an informed opinion in a heartbeat. I spent 2 weeks before the interview preparing arguments against a list of potential questions, and several of this came up during the actual interview.
The final stage was the most difficult, I was given a case study a week before the interview and a list of desired outputs from the presentation I was preparing. The case itself was straight forward, however I was determined to impress so I took a week off work to complete it. Initially I thought that this might have been overkill, but it really paid off during the panel interview which was attended by 2 peer and 3 senior staff. It was the toughest interview I have had, by far, I have done the Cambridge University Interviews, a PhD interview, a PhD Viva, 2nd Round McKinsey interviews and this was by far the most challenging. The shoot questions at you from all directions, often interrupting your response with another question often completely left field. You may make eye contact with them, but while they are in character for the interview, there is very little feedback or encouragement. Quite often I had to ask them if I had answered their question because there was little or no response. However when the case study was over, they were far more approachable and emotionally engaged, however the questions were equally as tough. I'm not sure whether it was just me, but they focused a lot of time on why it could be argued that I wasn't suitable for the job, they argued that my background and career history might mean that it didn't appeal to my strengths, which made it very difficult not to be dispirited. However I fought my corner and made my case, and I guess that I must have impressed as I was the only one standing after 200 applications. My advice to anyone going for a senior position, is fight your corner and be nice about it, they will try to stress and confuse you to see how your react.
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I was initially made an offer of a more junior role at my current salary, with added benefits that amounted to ~9k. However, I had the flu at the time and misheard (so I didn't realise I was actually being offered my salary plus 9k and then a bonus), so I stated that I wanted at least 5k more than was offered (in terms of basic) and the role I had applied for. Without a pause he agreed. I spoke to a friend who is a recruitment consultant who told me that low ball offers are par for the course and that pretty much every consultancy will have about a 5-10k, band of flexibility and that they will always aim at the low end of this. The important thing is not to be offended, which isn't as easy as it sounds after an emotionally draining and very time consuming interview process lasting 4 months, the last thing you want to hear is that you have basically just been interviewing for your old job. However, respond calmly that you know what the going rate is of someone of your experience and level of seniority.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Industrial Engineering at Hay Group
Posted Feb 21, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Saskatoon, SK (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
email to me ,tell me the time to call back talking on the phone.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Internship at Hay Group
Posted Oct 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Seoul (South Korea) (took a day)
Interview process was personal:
Asked about my resume, leadership positions, strengths and weaknesses.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Hay Group
Posted Sep 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 4 weeks)
Applied through company website.
Two quick phone interviews with HR with some behavioral questions.
In person inteview consisted of around 4 interviews with 2 people each - including other analysts, consultants, and the hiring manager. Asked about background and skills. Very few technical questions.
Overall, very reasonable questions and interview process.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Data Analyst at Hay Group
Posted Aug 20, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)
I was contacted by a recruited to have the interview with the hay group and the overall interview was about 45 mins. The recruiter would give you a excel test first because this position requires advanced excel skills. If you have a high score on the test then the recruiter would ask you to interview with them first. I was fortunate to pass the excel test and also confident of my excel skills. Finally, I interviewed with the HR representative and the department manager. They basically asked your experience and describe the job duties. At last, they gave me a small test regarding how I prioritize the task. This was interesting.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Hay Group
Posted Apr 26, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 2 weeks)
I was not ask any picky question, interviewers are very nice. Onsite interview last around 2 hours. Nice location, nice people.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Survey Analyst at Hay Group
Posted Apr 22, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Jersey City, NJ (took 2 weeks)
Applied for position and received e-mail for a phone interview about a week and a half after initial application. Phone interview lasted about 20 minutes and was then invited to office for in person interview with director. He asked questions about resume and was pretty detailed about it. Asked me why I wanted the position. I then met with every member of the team in groups of 3 each who asked questions about background and skills.
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