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Updated May 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Associate at Point B
Posted May 16, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 6+ weeks)
I would stay away from this company with a long pole. There are a staff augmentation firm, their projects run for a few years a.k.a not true management consulting. If you are not billable for a month then you are forced to go on leave of absense. The consultants work out of their home and not a real collaborative environment. If you are not billable, they have a lower pay vs. when you are billable
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Reason for Declining
- Not true management consulting
- No office even though it's a 20+ people practice in SF Bay Area
- You can do better as a independent consultant for your experience
- Not a place where you can grow your career
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Senior Associate at Point B
Posted Apr 1, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 4 weeks)
Point B has a very structured interview process. All the interviewers take the process very seriously and were always well prepared and professional. The first two interviews were in casual settings. The last two were in the Chicago office. Be prepared to talk about all aspects of your professional careers, brush up on case interviews and career aspirations. Culture is very important for Point B and there will be a lot of behavioral questions to assess personality traits and mutual fit within the organization.
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Negotiation Details
Just be honest about your needs and expectations. Take the time to fully understand the unique compensation model.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Senior Associate at Point B
Posted Aug 15, 2011 — 2 of 2 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 Apr 2010 (took 6 weeks)
Point B has a very structured interview process with each interview building upon earlier ones and looking at different aspects of an interviewees capabilities. In general there are 4-6 interviews over a 6-8 week time period. In one interview you are required to do 1-2 on the fly case studies and in another provide a written sample. They generally try to do interviews face to face.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation phase.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Project Manager at Point B
Posted Apr 3, 2011 — 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 3 months)
* Very systemmatic interview process
* Interviewers were well prepared, professional, and followed interview guide -- really solid people who seemed to have healthy work/life balance
* No offices, so met at coffee shops
* Only interested in candidates who have previous Big 4 operational consulting experience
* Included behaviorial interview questions as well as case study questions
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Project Manager at Point B
Posted Oct 5, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2010 (took 3 weeks)
Cultural fit is significant for this company. During the process I was given feedback when I answered something or was not as forthcoming with sharing personal information as their employees generally would be.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Point B
Posted Jul 19, 2010 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2010 (took a day)
Very easy interview...1 case study to review and comment about. The overall impression of Point B was that they were a "Contracting Body Shop" w/ Benefits. There seemed to me no career path or say into which projects you could work on. I passed on subsequent interviews.
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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 Associate at Point B
Posted Apr 28, 2010 — 2 of 2 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 Jan 2008 (took 8 weeks)
There were several 1:1 interviews, both in coffee shops and at headquarters office. Each of the interviewers took a few minutes to set a friendly conversational tone, but maintained the professional content. they set my expectations for our time together and included lots of time for my questions about the firm. Questions ranged over personality traits and professional skills. Also I was asked to submit a writing sample.
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Negotiation Details
Be honest and clear about what you want. Your success in the firm depends on stating clearly where you want to go. Start it off right.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate at Point B
Posted Mar 29, 2010 — 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Los Angeles, CA (took 3 weeks)
I sent my resume online with a cover letter to Point B. They contacted me fairly quickly and set up a phone interview. That covered basic resume info. They then called me to set up an initial interview with an associate over lunch. That consisted of getting to know each other, a lot of resume questions, and trying to get a sense of fit into the Point B culture. I then got a 2nd one on one interview with another associate. This focused more on my technical and project management experience. It lasted about 1 1/2 hours. The 2nd interviewer called me the following week and told me they liked me, but that my strategic consulting experience did not fit as well into their more technical project management work as other candidates - which was probably true, I probably only covered about 20% of the work they do.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate at Point B
Posted Mar 23, 2010 — 2 of 2 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 Feb 2010 (took 2 months)
The interview process takes a long time because there is no central HR function so associates take on the recruiting function in addition to their consulting work. Follow-up in between interviews was not timely; on two occasions, my emails requesting the status of my candidature were not answered for over 5 days. Also got varying information re: direction the firm is going in and what skill set they are specifically looking for.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Project Manager at Point B
Posted Feb 3, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Dec 2009 in Denver, CO (took 2 weeks)
Point B is an exceptional company that really values their employees and customers. The interview process is involved because they want to make sure everyone coming in the door is a good fit, not just for the company, but for the candidate. To get an offer here, you have to be a real superstar -- college honor graduates, MBA's, and doctorates are the norm. Every person I've spoken with say this is hands-down the best company culture they''ve ever encountered and say they can't imagine working anywhere else.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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