I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ZS Associates
Interview
There are two rounds of interview from campus recruiting for LA office.
1st round consists of 2 interviews, one behavioral by managerial position, one case by an associate.
The case was pretty straightforward and structured. It's kind of like a walk-through of how they help clients market new products.
The manager was friendly and shared a lot of trend issues with me.
2nd round consists of 3 interviews, 1 demo.
1 case interview was like a structured, walk-through as well. Might need to be careful not to make stupid mistakes. I did that...
1 case interview was more open-ended. I got a packet of slides and need to come up with recommendation. The manager suggested me to say my final recommendation first before explaining why.
1 behavorial interview was hard. The interviewer really wants specific answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a time where you had to make judgment that is not easy to make?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ZS Associates
Interview
Applied and scheduled interview time through university's career website. Interview was split into the standard two portions: 1) behavioral and 2) case interview.
Lots of freedom to describe background in behavioral portion. No surprise questions.
Case interview was extremely straight forward—no tricks whatsoever.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Again, the behavioral and case were both straight forward. The hardest question was probably "tell me about your background."
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ZS Associates
Interview
I had an initial 1-hour interview on campus and was invited to the Evanston office for a second-round two weeks later. The first round was a behavioral and a case (written), and the second round was a behavioral, demonstration, lunch, and two cases. Overall the interview was not a bad experience, although one of my case interviewers was rather unpleasant and discouraging.
ZS is highly interested in quantitative skills. Background/knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is not required
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a situation when the right decision and the popular decision were not the same.