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Interviews

Have an interview with a regional bank in their strategy and transformation group, wondering if anyone would be willing to connect to learn more about the interview process and what to expect - cheers!

For those target schools esp. M7 schools, I assume MBB get the most applications for summer internships in Nov. I am genuinely curious what they look for because by the time you apply, you are not even through 1st semester at school. Does this mean, you get screened by your undergrad/work experience?

Also, do we know roughly how many they interview on campus? If 800 out of 1000 HBS 1st yr students apply, how many get to the interview round?

Currently interviewing at the MBBs - something important to me is trying a 6 - 12 month international transfer (e.g. BCG’s ambassador program). How difficult are they to apply for and get, and what are the terms like (housing, salary, etc)? Thanks!

Looking for guidance on an M&A valuations case study interview next week. If anyone has been through it & could give insight on what to expect it would be appreciated. Senior Analyst level, Deloitte, guide of 2.5 hour process including interview to discuss.

I have an interview next week with McKesson for a strategy role with their med-surg team… would love to talk with anyone who has been through their interview process recently or has any insight into the med-surg team!

Looking for some guidance as to what type of case interviews does Kearney do for their Energy practice or Performance Improvement.

TIA!

I have an interview this week with McKinsey. I just did a mock case with someone at the firm and it had to be the hardest case I’ve ever done. Any encouragement or advice would be really appreciated

I got interviews with three T2 strategy firms. I am waiting for a referral to go through from a fourth. This is probably the dumbest question ever, but… how much is enough? The process of looking for firms, contacting people and pitching myself to get a referral is beginning to get draining (I have no contacts, so I am literally cold calling dozens daily), and it takes away time from my case prep. I assume that out of 4 firms, with good case prep, at least one will give me an offer… right?

Used to be part of the interview process when we hired a new person to work with me and now I’m not….why do you think that is? Should I be concerned?

How to go about rescheduling an interview the day before? How bad of a look is this?

Has anyone interviewed at eBay for Corp Strategy roles? I saw some openings, but wonder what the interview process looks like. Any info. would be greatly appreciated!

Interviewed for a director position, but was recommended to be hired as a c3 at eyp with 10y of experience. Am I getting the short end of the stick?

Edit: 10y of consulting experience

I have an intro call with an Accenture recruiter about a job I was referred to, next week, typical intro calls are 10-15 minutes and on a cell phone, but guess this is on Zoom for 30 mins. How should I dress (tie, button down, suit jacket) and what should I expect in the call?

I know this these are pretty basic question, but haven't interviewed in 2 yrs and this is my first remote interview sooo figured I'd ask the bowl.

Anyone have (or had) a resume gap of >4 months? How did you explain it during interviews?

Hello people from KPMG - I’m experienced hire and have completed my 1st panel round at KPMG.

Today I receive an invitation to ”Interview Feedback Discussion” Does it mean they’re moving forward or is it a feedback on my performance? 😟 appreciate it!

Campus hire ( Tier 2 consulting firm ) told during interviews, and early onboarding travel is by preference. Been on bench since sept. Now they want me to travel in a new project, and I can't due to family obligations. What is the best way to ask to be assigned to a new role ( same unit) that requires no travel and alligns with my skills and major? I’m just really scared they’ll fire me

What is a risk advisory competency interview like at Deloitte?

Interviewing for an IT Audit position and having a difficult time with preparing for the “where I see myself in 5 years” question… I was told by the recruiter to be prepared for this. Any ideas?

How much is internal consulting experience valued (in industry) if I wanted to make a switch over to consulting? Would it count as ‘consulting experience’? Trying to understand how I brand myself in the interviews.

I had a intro call with a PwC hiring manager yesterday. When is too soon to follow up? I am still awaiting details to interview with the team, and I conveyed to the recruiter I had a competing offer.

I have interviews with Deloitte this week and am feeling unprepared. What’s the best way to cram fast for a case? Any pointers?

Just got an email back from Infor that I didn’t get into the program. I would have had 1YOE working with ERP’s coming into this role which is something I’ve found I throughly enjoy. My friend referred me, and from what I could see from my interviews they really liked my background. They had also informed me what software I was going to work with.
I am someone who really takes feedback to heart and I truly want to know what they didn’t see in me. What’s the best way to approach this?

People keep telling me that the fact that I am applying for junior positions at 27 is not a problem because everyone has a different time in life, but I cannot help to feel uncomfortable when someone asks me how old I am. A person just referred me to a tier2 and asked me, they didn’t mind at all but I really wanted to lie because it’s almost impossible to find candidates who took extra time to graduate. I did get an internship in MBB though, which improves my resume, but I still feel bad :(

My friend has an informational interview with a slalom recruiter next week for a position they applied to. Any advice/insight ?

Have a video interview coming up with ZS Associates. Only esimated to be 10 minutes long - does anyone know if this will just be the normal fit/behavioural questions? It states that "This video interview offers you the chance to talk through your skills and experience, and allows us to get to know you. We look forward to learning more!"

For those who got terminated for performance and received severance package, are we entitled to unemployment benefits? EDD states that it will conduct an phone interview to determine that there was no misconduct.

I have a friend who is interviewing with BCG for a Senior Knowledge Analyst role. Her next round is a case interview. Does anyone know what type of case study she can expect? Would it be the same as if she was interviewing for a consultant role?

How can I smoothly end an interview? Usually I’ll ask questions and say something along the lines of “well that’s all the questions I have for now” which feels jarring

Do you copy the recruiter on the thank you email after an interview?

I already have a AWS cloud practitioner cert and an Azure foundation cert. Whenever I interview for cloud positions, there seems to be an interest in GCP.
As a firm, I like Google & their moonshot ideas. I dream of one day joining the elite team. Is the firm really worth the hype? @AWS
@google

I have been on the job market for 3 years now. What am I doing wrong? I apply to jobs, I make it as far as an interview for only a fraction of jobs applied to and so far nothing has stuck yet. All my jobs to date has been my referral. I have worked my resume several times to improve it. I don't know what else to do.

The opening for the role I am interviewing no longer appears on LinkedIn, but I still have couple of rounds scheduled. What does this mean? Should this be interpreted as the role has already been filled?

What’s the interview process like for a Client Facing Senior Knowledge Analyst role in Banking Digitization at BCG? I’m fully aware that it’s not CT and I have no desire to remain in consulting. Are there case interviews? If so, are they as difficult as the ones for CT?

What’s the interview process like at Oliver Wyman at the Associate level?

If recruiter wants to schedule time to talk after interview..what are the odds I’m getting an offer?