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Updated May 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2008 (took 2 days)

professional ppl. did the onsite on campus, wish they could have flown to the HO for the final round. the cases were easy and were mostly centered on personality fit and behavioral questioning. they did 2 first round interviews back-to-back and then the follow-up the next day with one of the associate partners.

Interview Questions

what's your biggest weakness?

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Negotiation Details

no negotiation. with college hires they don't allow negotiation. they paid a fairly good market rate to start so don't expect to budge much.

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

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2008 (took 2 weeks)

Initial resume submitted at a campus career fair. Was invited to a November hiring event in which 40+ candidates from various universities were interviewed.

Subject to two-three interviews - case study question was offered to a few of the candidates. Overall, asked about prior experience, and how it related to consulting principles.

Interview Questions

Tell me a joke.

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Tell me something about yourself that isn't on your resume.

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Negotiation Details

Negotiations are not feasible.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 1 week)

At first it was phoned and general questions asked from my resume. I was invited to come to to 1:1 interview where generally my skills were clarified. Questions on my availability to travel were also asked. It seemed professional, relaxed and with no tense. I received the answer within one week.

Interview Questions

What is the most important quality for a good consultant?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 1 week)

I had two phone interviews. Both were pretty straightforward. Since it was for a consulting position each interview involved a fairly typical business case. The most important thing is probably to stay organized with your answer, using a common framework if applicable. The people were nice, and very friendly. It wasn't a difficult interview. If you do some practice cases and get familiar with that style of interview, you should be in good shape.

Interview Questions

One of the cases was about a company looking to increase profits without having to make a large capital investment. The company had a couple of different product lines with very different pricing. The idea was to think through the possible options the company might have, such as adjusting prices, devoting a larger number of facilities to the higher margin product, etc.. It was definitely important to ask relevant questions, as there were useful details that were disclosed if the information was asked for.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 in Washington, DC (took 2 days)

I did first round interviews on campus with three interviewers who were all consultants. The interviews were almost all behaviorally-based, and focused on my past experience and my skills and expertise that would be specifically relevant to the position. There was a second round interview at the company site with two other people, both senior consultants, similar in nature to the first round. Surprisingly enough, there was no case-interview element to the interviews.

Interview Questions

Convince me that you have the technical expertise to accept this position.

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What business intelligence tools are you familiar with?

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Reason for Declining

I accepted another consultant position with a different company that was in an industry that I was more interested.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2007 (took 2 weeks)

The first round was a phone interview. Questions were generally on my background, skills and past experience. I was asked to come on-site for another round of interview. I interviewed with about 6 of the leadership team individually. It was intense. They covered everything from job experience, skills, why this position, career goals, fit with team and a couple of case questions thrown in

Interview Questions

How do you manage a particular difficult situation at work?

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What is your long-term career goal?

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Negotiation Details

The initial offer was very low and employer gave no flexibility to negotiate up

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Oct 2007 in New York, NY (took a day)

In-office interview consisted of several one-on-one sessions with employees of varying staff levels. The majority of questions were either behavioral or experience-focused. That is, very few questions were hypothetical, case-based or brain teasers. HR personnel were friendly and helpful. Interviewers were also cordial. Selling point from an employer perspective was earning potential.