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Senior Manager at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Aug 10, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 (took 4 days)
The company recruiter was very professional and put me at ease. He asked the usual questions to provide examples of where I had performed a similar job, but all in all it was a good conversation. When I was called back and told I was not moving forward in the process, the recruiter gave me positive feedback and made me feel respected and was appreciative for my time and participation.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Human Resources at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Jul 31, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Pune (India) (took a day)
had a detailed process
Negotiation Details
agreeable
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Consultant at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Apr 29, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 2+ months)
One interview was on campus and the next was in-office by senior management. Very nice people who are easy to talk to. Only problem I had was that I had to repeatedly call to get an answer from the HR Rep
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Not able to
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Consultant at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Apr 3, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2007 (took 5 days)
1. Got an email from someone at HC to set up a phone interview
2. 15 minute phone screen with local HR director
3. Invited to come to HC office - 3 interviews: 2 managers, 1 vp. Very impressive office space in a tall building with a view. Wanted me to talk about several specific experiences. Very friendly and not a high-pressure process. I had my response the same day.
My advice: Come prepared to talk about things YOU have specifically done/accomplished. They want to understand what kind of person you are and how you would fit in.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Manager at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Mar 24, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2007 in Costa Mesa, CA (took 5 days)
I met with 3 Sr Managers and 2 Partners in a total of 4 meetings within one morning. There was no difficult questions, but we were both looking for a good fit. I may have been too specialized within the IT security field, and they were looking for an IT generalist to cross selling their services.
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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 Group/Panel Interview.
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Director Business Strategy Services at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Mar 22, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2007 in New York, NY (took 2+ months)
I was part of a team HCC was trying to hire from another consultancy, and thus the group of eight of us were approached as a team. We were also speaking to Deloitte and E&Y.
As HCC were reorganizing their internal consulting practices, the conversations we had started in May 2007 and continued sporadically until October 2007. HCC decided to launch a management consulting arm specializing in strategy. During this six month period varied members of our large team went to E&Y, Deloitte and other firms. As I was working on another engagement I did not pursue this opportunity actively until November 2007. At that time I engaged in several phone interviews, then had in-person interviews, both one-on-one and group in NYC and Boston.
The phone interviews were very clear and well-organized, the in-person interviews less so as consultant schedules were subject to sudden shifts! I was able to speak with seven people on the phone in TX, CA and MA around my areas of expertise and interest, two people in one-on-one interviews in NYC, and then another five people in the one-on-one and group live interviews in Boston. I did this number of interviews as part of my due diligence to understand the complex organizational structure at HCC as well as the cut between dotted and straight-line accountability, as I was part of the team tasked with _starting_ the business strategy services group.
HCC is primarily a systems integrator and IT consultancy, with some experience in payment systems and media and entertainment from the acquisition of Dove Consulting. They have grown by acquisition but have not successfully integrated all of the varied pieces (i.e. former Grant Thornton and Arthur Andersen amployees describe themselves in those specific terms, not as Hitachi Consulting employees, which argues for insufficient PMI). HCC functions virtually, with regional offices. There is a considerable amount of travel that they attempt to lesson via their "market" structure, but is a key piece of working at HCC. HCC is very US-and IT-focused. Key areas of skill sought are are SAP/Oracle ERP knowledge, Lawson, JD Edwards and varied Microsoft packages.
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I was able to negotiate a signing bonus, and a salary a bit less than offered by Deloitte, but in line with my expectations. The draw for me was starting a new practice within and existing firm and ideally being able to draw upon the client roster already created to grow opportunities.
I'd advise candidates to negotiate clear severance packages and performance measurement metrics. This was somewhat fuzzy in the firm.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Manager at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 1 week)
Interview was very well organized. The recruiter and recruiting team have a well-run process which includes a phone interview, then several 1:1 meetings with various levels of the consultancy (manager to VP). It also has case studies to test your knowledge. Hitachi also does a lot of behavioral interviewing. Very very well run!
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Negotiation Details
Negotiations were quick and reasonable. Able to negotiate sign-on bonus.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence at Hitachi Consulting
Posted Mar 20, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2007 in Dallas, TX (took 2 weeks)
The company recruiter was very informative about the company and position available. She kept in touch during the interview process providing feedback and status of upcoming interviews. The interview process consisted of meeting a couple high-level executives within the organization who just felt me out for goals and fit within the company. I was also interviewed by a team lead who had a number of prepared questions to identify skills and how I deal with specific scenarios.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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