Management Consultant Interview Questions

“If you were any aisle in the grocery store, which one would you be and why?”

“Tell me of a Project where you ran over budget.”

“Watch out for the 60 second paper test right at the end of the day (after meeting with an HR representative)! Your brain will be a bit tired by that point and they want to see how nimble you are at…”

“The interview consisted of three parts. The company likely has no more than 15 people working for it, I was interviewed by two senior managers. The first manager I spoke with asked that instead of…”

“The interviews were segmented by topic: managerial, case study, and behavioral. I would say I was surprised by one question in the behavioral: "What are 5 things that you are NOT?"”

“What is something that your previous boss did that you were sure was wrong and how you addressed that.”

“No technical questions for first round”

“They picked specific references and asked what they would personally say are your weaknesses”

“You have to have three references, and my interviewer asked me what each reference would say I don't do well.”