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Updated Feb 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Management Consultant at North Highland
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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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 Jan 2011 in Arlington, VA (took 4 months)
Long interview process - initially presented to management team along with all other candidates. This was followed by numerous phone interviews, then 1:1 in person interview (2-3 months in at this point). When recommended to go forward asked to complete intelligence, and personality tests and then come in for series of 1:1 interviews with different purposes of each. This was followed by offer - only about a week after completing testing and interviews. Interview were all "friendly"; people spoken with seemed to have sincere interest in getting to know candidate. Culture and office environment very similar to major consulting firms with main difference of client/engagement focus being local.
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Negotiation Details
Compensation structure is very complex with numerous bonus opportunities employees are expected to achieve that supplement base salary. if there is basis for negotiation one should do so. Firm will decide level at time of offer but seems interest is for prospective employee to be satisfied and feel right with offer so they will accept.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Consultant at North Highland
Posted Nov 5, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Sacramento, CA (took a day)
I had my initial interview with NH. COnsisted mainly of discussions of my previous experience, as well as a brief discussion of NH.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Consultant at North Highland
Posted Oct 31, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Charlotte, NC (took 5 days)
The interview process consisted of two meetings with current North Highland employees on two separate projects, a personality test and an aptitude test. There was no case study. All of these were fairly straightforward.
Advice I would give to others would be to become very familiar with the culture of North Highland as the interviews are generally personality interviews instead of interviews to asses your skills (as people generally are found via referrals so it's assumed the skills are there). In addition, ask lots of questions about the various accounts and roles you may fill within these accounts as these can vary widely. It's often not been decided what role you will fill at the point of the interview, so become as familiar as you can with all of your options at the time of the interview.
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Negotiation Details
There is really very little salary negotiation with North Highland, which is something that's brought up (or at least it was with me) during the interview phase. Just make sure you have a good understanding of what you will really receive in salary, bonus and stock options. I've found that these can be often be inflated by the person presenting the offer. Some key questions to ask are what number of hours per week are required to acheive the "sample" bonus presented, how the various sales bonuses can be earned and how the company performance bonus is calculated.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Talent Acquisition Lead at North Highland
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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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 Apr 2011 in Philadelphia, PA (took 4 weeks)
North Highland is very particular about the employees the company hires in any role. The process consisted of peer level interviews, Director level and client interviews. This process can be very time consuming for someone active in the market but for the passive job seeker North Highland can be a solid contender.
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Negotiation Details
North Highland was very fair and up-front in regard to the compensation target for my role. There were no surprises and no surprises after.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Consultant at North Highland
Posted Oct 6, 2011
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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 Oct 2010 (took 2 days)
Initial set of 2 1 on 1 interviews as a first round. One behavioral, one more informal. Both interview processes focused on company and personality fit - it was not a direct series of questions that had a right or wrong feel. Interviewers were comfortable sharing a good deal of information.
Second round consisted of 2 additional 1:1 interviews and a group interview. Both of these were longer, in the 1 hour to 90 minute range. Again, more informal and the conversations and questions addressed were diverse.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Consultant at North Highland
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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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 2011 (took 3 months)
Phone interview with talent acquisition resource (basic qualifying questions). Several one-on-one interviews over approx. 4 rounds (basic interview questions - "tell me about yourself", etc.). Skills and personality test and drug test once offer was presented. Aside from taking 3 months, the interview process is less grueling than some I've been through. Understandably, they'd like to ensure they're getting the best candidates.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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MBA Intern at North Highland
Posted Jul 27, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Charlotte, NC (took a day)
Interview was two 30 minute sessions, each with 2 people. Three interviewers were Vice Presidents, the other was a senior consultant who had recently graduated from my school. The format was very conversational, but the interview was obviously aligned with some basic skills and values questions. Understanding the company (the local delivery model, the client base, the services) and being able to convey why you are interested is important. You will be asked questions about your prior experience and mapping this to a "generalist" rather than "specialist" skill set is valuable.
North Highland's brand is very heavily slanted towards "experienced consultants" so if you have limited or no consulting experience it is important to demonstrate progressive responsibility and familiarity with project-style work.
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Negotiation Details
I elected to negotiate only the start date, which was negotiable. Given I was interviewing for an internship, my primary objective was information gathering - so I used the "negotiation phase" to inquire about the organizational structure, the difference between the various levels (consultant vs senior consultant vs manager vs senior manager) and to understand how NH views these levels relative to job titles at other consulting firms. I also asked for (and was provided) details about the compensation model - which is variable and perhaps a little non-traditional, but does an excellent job of aligning incentives with performance.
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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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Senior Manager at North Highland
Posted May 19, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
Interview was a series of one-on-one discussions, but not very hard, just to talk about my experience and in some cases, sell me as much about the firm versus me selling them on my skills
My advice to people - make sure you understand the comp process - it sounds amazing initially, then when you go back and try to do the math yourself, it seemingly comes up short.
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Reason for Declining
Their comp system is ridiculously below scale - if you are a burned out consultant from the major consultancies, then you'll probably find all the work/life, no travel perks to be worth the cut, but in this case, I was looking at having to take a pay cut. That, and the comp growth after you enter is spotty at best
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Manager at North Highland
Posted May 18, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 2 months)
Agree with other comments here. Hiring managers were indecisive and clueless about what they wanted in the role and kept delaying follow-up interviews. The interview questions were very easy. When asked about how I would help grow business I was interrupted and told about firm's plans for aggressive growth and never allowed to finish. When asked about what acquisition record was I was told they had made a "major strategic acquisition" in Midwest. I researched it and learned it was a four-person office. Major?
Some real disconnects. The compensation structure was confusing. The client service structure which rigidly discourages out of town travel is peculiar and can't be efficient. I didn't want to be out of town 28 days a month but for client service purposes it may be necessary to be at out of state client location a few days a month. If I can bill it and client wants it, why would company discourage it?
Very disappointing. I think there is a bigger role for this company but need more dimensional leadership.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager at North Highland
Posted Apr 13, 2011 — 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 Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 2+ weeks)
Couple of Phone Interviews followed by 4 group interviews.
Then a lunch interview with 3 people and offer was made.
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Negotiation Details
A little.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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