Consulting Discussions
Interviews

It’s really hard out here if you don’t have a network or folks you know in Tech. I have a Google interview coming up and tried reaching out to people on LinkedIn for advice and not a single person responded. I wasn’t even asking for a phone call, just advice. Is it a thing for people at Google to just ignore you ? Lol

Hi I have a offer for a role that is going to expire soon. I have interview for another team (same company) as well. If I accept the current offer, am I able to rescind it if offered a role on the other team? Or am I screwed and have to stay happy in what was already offered to me?

IL unemployment benefits: the state scheduled a call with me to determine my eligibility for benefits. Per the State, Because Accenture tagged me as “discharged” vs “laid-off”, I may not be eligible for benefits.

1) How do I handle the interview? 2) Should I admit that I received a severance package?

Who has paid for FirmsConsulting before? Genuinely curious who pays $2k+ subscription for some random collection of videos/interviews. They are charging $15k for a communication course? Give me your money instead, I'll teach you communication

I think people who are preparing for cases are becoming increasingly insane. It used to be that casebooks were okay, then people started demanding to only do cases using “real” cases from recent interviews. Then, people started arbitrarily separating “basic” from “advanced” cases, and they started asking whether I was an “advanced candidate” (whatever that means), otherwise they wouldn’t practice with me. Now, a guy asked me to “pratice using an advanced Bain second round real case”. Chill out

Would you wear a coat, dress shirt, and tie to a virtual Google Interview or is that being extra (pajama bottoms bc virtual)

No experience with case interviews before and have a case interview (experience hire at EM level) scheduled for next week.

I’ve been hearing that most people that do well have 20+ live case experiences; am i too late to practice? It’s not something that can be crammed last minute either

Hi fishes,
I’m applying as a Director for a role at FTI consulting.
I’m super excited by the opportunity and I’m having what I believe are the last interviews.
How would you approach the interview with the most senior members (Senior Managing Directors)? What do you think I should prepare?
I’m concerned they’ll take the interview to a technical place where I’m not 100% comfortable (their scope being wider than what I’m applying to and what I know).

So I finished all my final round interviews around mid Nov, followed up a week after, recruiter said I should hear back end of Nov.. haven’t heard anything yet. Followed up again last Thursday haven’t heard back yet…. Have they ghosted me?

If I had an interview on Friday when should I expect to hear back if I got it or not?

Going to ask a potentially dumb question but here goes. When going through and interview, what exactly is the value of knowing a firms CEO and their revenues? Because I’d wager most employees don’t know…

I asked my interviewer at PWC “how does the New Equation strategy tangibly impact your teams work?” and they weren’t able to answer because they didn’t know what it was.

How do I practice building math equations to solve problems in case interviews? It’s by far the highest issue I have. My mental math is on point, I just blank out when asked to build equations

Best way to prepare for PE ops interviews?

How would you handle interview questions around "designing and deploying strategy plans" when interviewing for industry roles, if you haven't worked at single client from long range strategic planning to future steady state?

Would you patch it together with C-level experiences or talk about a smaller scale program that you saw from end-to-end (e.g., org assessment and redesign)?

Hi everyone! hope you guys are having a blessed day. I have a interview for PwC’s Products and Technology Commercial strategist role and I was wondering if anyone could provide some insight into the interview as well as the role itself? Maybe some salary insights as well, as I did not see it on the comp sheet.

Interviewing for a data consultant role in UBS. Can anyone offer any insight to how the company is to work for, growth, and WLB. Thanks!

Hi Fishies! I wanted to get some advice. I received a offer from one team at PwC, however I have a interview coming up with another team. Do I mention that I have already received an offer, but given the opportunity I would pick your team? Or do I not even mention that I have already received an offer?

I’m interviewing at KPMG in their Federal Healthcare Group. Does anyone have any tips and tricks as well as what my salary expectations should be as an experienced hire with 3-4 years experience in health policy?

Currently at a role that doesn’t align with my interest and career aspiration. The demanding culture can’t meet my work-and-life need as a new mom.

I hope to work with a coach that guide me through the process of landing a new career role that’s better aligned with my interest, value, and lifestyle etc.

I’m based in the Bay Area, so open to opportunities in tech.

Would career coach or interview coach better suited with my need? Any coaches do both?

Please share any good coach recommendations

What are qualities/experiences that an experienced Consultant should aim to include when applying for a more senior position (e.g., Senior Associate, Manager)?

More specifically, are hiring managers looking for stats heavy (i.e., Increased user adoption for newly implemented application by 10% through removal of training roadblocks) or more generalized (i.e., Identified training roadblock and devised solutions which increased user participation in training)?

Thank you!

How many firms gave you an interview when you graduated and found your first consulting job?

I have a 9-hour long interview with Deloitte next week. What on earth am I going to do for nine hours? When they called me, they simply called it an interview so I assumed it would have been 1-2 hours

I’m thinking of applying to business school but worried I won’t have time to get a solid letter of rec if next years app is due in September. If I take this new role, I’d get a 50% comp increase and more responsibility. I have 4 YOE and have worked at my organization for 1.5 years. Should I take the money or just stay here and get the rec?

Is there an online place where I can find case interview practice buddies? I'm a PhD student from a different background than business and my university's business school mainly comprises undergrads who don't seem to enjoy my company.

Applied to deloitte on Job posting and had partner referral. Partner sent me a link I added CV and cover letter on my own and (think) I applied.

Then got no emailing saying thank you for applying and 3 days later got email saying "thank you fpr interest but job posting has unfortunately closed" WTF
Then I go online and see the same job posted with different Job ID like WTf and new date of posting.
Now do I bug partner on this. Or assume my application went and but they are still searching.(1/2)

How do you approach telling stories to illustrate your experience in a job interview? How do you prep, choose which stories to tell, and how many do you need?

McK consultants - I am an experienced candidate looking to apply to an Associate position. Is anyone be willing to connect and share their opinions on my candidate profile and insights on the interview process?

Any pointers on deloitte case study interview on tech arch position. Is it the project specific case study?
Any reference for preparation?

How close are YouTube case interviews to real ones? Today attended a case interview workshop at the school consulting club. The speaker was a manager at Bain. But, the case was too simple, an average profitability case. Or is the first round simpler with conventional cases and 2nd one a little harder?

Can someone give some advice on PwC salary negotiation? I know they are in a cohort model, but who makes the decision on what tier you start as. I really impressed the manager interviewing I was wondering if they have the final decision or is it all HR.

BCG senior KT 4th interview???????
I was told it was a three interview process I did my third interview and it was a case. The interviewer commended me after the interview and said I did great. Now they want me to do ANOTHER interview? It way too much.

I have interviews with multiple companies in the span of the next two months. How do you handle multiple offer? The first company today told me they would give me one… so what should I do? Sign them all, pick one at the end of the interviews, and back out of the other offers? Is that even legal? I am so anxious about this. Some companies are vastly better than others, but also harder to get into. I don’t want to back down from an “easy” offer with the hopes of getting into a harder one :(

Any suggestions for a platform where I can conduct coding round interview that is similar to google docs, it need not have to have a compiler and is free to use? The doc should be shareable with candidates or anyone.