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Updated Jan 27, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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General Management Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 3 days)
Recruited on campus, final rounds held at office. The first round interviewers from Boston were great. The interviewers in Chicago weren't friendly and didn't seem interested in the candidates.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Dec 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
After applying through their campus recruiting program, I first was invited to take a skills test that consisted of a number of math questions. The test was timed so I didn't answer many of the questions (less than a third I think) but I was still invited to interview.
Afterwards, I had a 1:1 interview on campus. The interview consisted of two relatively straightforward case interviews with two different interviewers (one of whom was relatively senior at the company). I didn't receive another interview after that but they were very prompt in getting back to us with a response.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 weeks)
After submitting my resume and cover letter, I was contacted within a week for a first round interview. It consisted of 2 case interviews, one after the other, with two different interviewers. The cases were both heavy on quantitative analysis, which is what Oliver Wyman is known for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Summer Analyst at Oliver Wyman
Posted Dec 3, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
Pretty standard consulting process: networking events on campus, then resume and cover letter drop and then the interview. The interview was pretty standard, first round 2 cases and 2 behavioral questions (standard of why consulting and then going through my resume - fair game). Cases were not very hard and the interviewers were very helpful with walking me through them. I got a call back for next round, but decided not to continue with the process due to unrelated reasons. Overall it was a good process experience and I got a positive impression of the company.
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Entry Level Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Dallas, TX (took 5 weeks)
I applied through on-campus recruiting at my university.
Before the first round interview the company held a presentation session a few hours long with the selected candidates to explain what to expect from case interviews. Then the night before the first round they invited us to a networking event to meet the consultants.
First round consisted of 2 case interviews.
The second round was in Dallas and the company took care of arranging travel and accomodation. The night before the second round we had a dinner to network with the consultants from Dallas.
The second round consisted of 3 case interviews and 1 behavioral interview, each about 45 mins long.
From my interactions with the company I believe that the corporate culture is very welcoming and that the people working in Oliver Wyman are friendly and supportive. I really liked the atmosphere.
Interview Questions
What would be the capital expenses involved?
Why?
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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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Business Analyst at Oliver Wyman
Posted Nov 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 Oct 2011 in Paris (France) (took a day)
Oliver Wyman contacted some students of my class, inviting them to come to Paris for an interview after a dinner including a company presenation and networking with consultants (including alumnis from my school).
The interview was scheduled 3 week later.
It began with an intelligence test which requires you to be VERY fast (30 questions, 20 minutes). It also has negative points so it is better to skip a question if you do not see how to get to the answer within 30 seconds.
Followed 2 1-hour interviews, each of them including personality/CV review, market sizing and case study.
Consultants were OK, helping you out if you lag to develop your answer and I did not feel any "roleplay" in order to destabilze you or any trick of this kind.
Advice: be prepared, do your homework, read a lot of case and have the typical case resolution framework in mind
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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 Background Check.
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Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)
Initially had a quantitative and logic reasoning test - each was 20 minutes and consisted of 30 questions. They were quite difficult and from the sounds of it no one completed the entire test. Once this phase was passed, two interviews with consultants were arranged. One was a case interview and the other a CV interview, each was 30 minutes. Decision and feedback were provided the next day based on the interviews. Overall was a positive experience and very well organized.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Posted Nov 16, 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 Jan 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Aptitude test
- Probability and maths.
First round
- 2 1:1 Interviews
- Both case and fit. Cases more of brainstorming session with interviewer.
Final round (at NYC main office)
- 3 1:1 Interviews (Cases)
- 1 1:1 Interview (Fit)
- Cases are longer, but CaseinPoint would not help.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Financial Services Analyst at Oliver Wyman
Posted Nov 14, 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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
The interview was half an hour behavioral and half an hour case. The behavioral was pretty standard, just general resume questions. Case was an estimate question (how much of America is covered in a man made structure).
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Graduate Position at Oliver Wyman
Posted Nov 13, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
I applied quite early and got an invitation to take the tests that were really tough. Overall the experience was quite pleasant, I just wish I had more time to prepare
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