What are director/principal level interviews like at Big 4? Anyone able to share some insights?

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Interviewing at a tech comp. Role is lateral, but title is “Principal”. Honestly never heard of this title before as my career is on the agency side. Is this title a resume killer as currently a CD?

Interviewing at a tech comp. Role is lateral, but title is “Principal”. Honestly never heard of this title before as my career is on the agency side. Is this title a resume killer as currently a CD?

Interviewed with reputable VC fund in NYC. Met in person with the principal last Thursday. This was my second round interview and I think I did really well in first and second round....

Deloitte 🐠 I am interviewing in the Cloud Practice and have gone through interviews with a recruiter, 2 Senior Managers and a Principal. Got a call today that they want me to go through a final ...

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Any insights (comp/interview/role/targets) on Google Cloud Key Account Exec Director roles for GCP? With TK as the new GCP CEO, I heard they are hiring senior Partner/Principal level leaders?

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Any insights (comp/interview/role/targets) on Google Cloud Key Account Exec Director roles for GCP? With TK as the new GCP CEO, I heard they are hiring senior Partner/Principal level leaders?

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@deloitte fish, Currently interviewing, feel like I should be coming in at the principal level rather than SM. Feels like I might be taking a step backwards in my career with the SM title. What’s the

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Are MBB final round case interviews with Associate Partner/Principal/Partner generally more or equally challenging to first rounds with Associate/Consultant level?

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I’m 2 weeks away from a final round of case interviews at BCG. Likely Project Lead or Principal level. Tips? Advice?

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Anyone at principal/senior from Point B willing to chat via Burner about insight into the business for an interview?

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Anyone have experience with an interview @ SFDC for Sr Principal program architect role?

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Hello. Met with Slalom recruiter, and now have interview with solution principal. What can I expect from this interview? Role is in delivery leadership practice.

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Chatting with solution principal about solution owner role @ Slalom. What to expect? Have already had screens with recruiters. How does the whole interview process work?

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What is the expected salary at BcG for CL and Principal? Any signing bonus? Based in SF.
Last round of interview next week. Fingers crossed.

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Hi 🐠, applying to a principal consultant job at Slalom, what is the equivalent of that level in deloitte?

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BCG folks. Have had a recruiter reach out to me and a phone interview with principal is next. I’d appreciate thoughts on overall experienced hire recruiting process. Haven’t interviewed in a decade

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Does MBB Principal or Partner level interviews require cases? Interviews with each B4 at director, or comparable level, didn’t have cases and got offers from each.

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I am Interested in applying to Deloitte’s salesforce practice. Not sure what is the commensurate position for a principal is at Deloitte. Comp needs to be about $250k living in secondary market

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What’s an interview experience like for a Principal level at BCG?

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To Partner 🐠, I had a good year but wasn’t put ‘on deck’. Had an interview with a T20 firm and they made me an offer to join them as a Principal. Is there any way I can swim back up to the Big4 as a

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To the Partner 🐠, I had a good year last year but I wasn’t put on deck for the next year. Had an interview with a top 20 firm and they’re offering me a Principal role. If I take it, would I be able

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Interviewing for fti smd and charles river associates principal role. Major city, market and service. Anyone have experience with total comp potential for each.

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In the late stages (last three candidates) of interviewing for a Principal role at a competitor. Not to get too far ahead of myself, but if I get it - tips on negotiating base salary? Most other parts of the package are fixed to a company standard, but I think there's some room for maneuver on base.

Video interview - pre-first round with BCG with a principal to discuss the group and fit. Should I be in a suit or business casual with jacket ok? (I.e. No tie)

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PWC director fish, what is the Principal promotion path at your firm? Timing? Interviewing, but not sure it is worth a timing reset.

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Have a close family friend whos a associate partner/principal level at one of the MBBs and can get me an interview. I'm 1.5 years out. Better to interview now or wait until June after promotion?

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BCG folks !! Need info. Have an interview for principal..how many rounds?What kind of interviews are these ?( case based? Exp focused?).(contd)

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Do you still have to do a case if you interview for a principal role at MBB?

I got emailed by a recruiter last week and suddenly found myself scheduled for an interview with Deloitte Federal for their Analytics/Data Science Manager position. There are three 30 minute interviews scheduled with a principal, then a technical and behavioral interview. Can someone tell me about the technical interview at Deloitte Federal? Is this mostly about going over some of my analytics work in the past from a technical view, or some type of a case study?

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Want to interview for BCG data engineer principal/ manager role in coming weeks. Anyone willing to refer?

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Am interviewing for a director, product role at a SaaS unicorn fintech. Currently a principal/associate partner in a boutique strategy firm, have 16 years of total work experience. Would you know if I am interviewing at the right level? (Still learning how the levels in a product organization match against consulting levels). Any pointers?

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Help! I’ve never done a technical case interview, and I have one tomorrow (just scheduled today). Im an exp hire, seasoned manger, for a Principal level position at another firm. Any tips or things to prep for? Thanks all.

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Hi folkes.. how much are Principal Software Engineering Manager paid on average? Base pay for cities like Atlanta Microsoft 10 years of experience,. Thank you. Any tip for the interview process? @microsoft

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Any experience with epam? An interview has been scheduled for next week for the position of Principal Consultant role. What’s B4 equivalent of the role? Any idea on WLB, Comp?

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If a recruiter says a pay band for a role, is that truly as high as the salary can go or is it open to negotiation? I’m applying for Principal Manager position and they said top is 105 which seems low.

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I missed my interview and recruiter is not replying to me anymore. My interview was rescheduled but I forgot to change according ly in my calendar so I thought the interview would be at the old slot. I missed the interview with the principal. What should I do?

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Looking for career advices. I have a MS in Stat from a Big Ten school. 5 yr working experience as Biostat now (1in sponsor and 4 in CROs)

Some opps as below.
1. Contractor of Principal Biostat in a top pharma, oncology team
2. Perm of Sr Biostat in CROs, better work life balance
3. Perm of Sr Biostat in a mid-size pharma

Pkgs are similar. Feel 3 is the best, but waiting for the final interview. Got offers from 1 and 2, but cannot hold too long. Should I risk and wait for 3? Plz advise!

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I’m interviewing for BCG and had a principal reach out to me for a zoom chat. Is this normal for principals to reach out or is this a positive sign?

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How many rounds of interviews for a consulting role at Deloitte? I am interviewing for a Agile Lead Role at Deloitte (I believe I would be at the consultant level). I have completed the technical interview last week and just got a behavioral interview offer for tomorrow. Will there be another interview after this?

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Had an interview for SM role at ACN 3 weeks back but haven’t heard back. This was skills round interview after HR round. Am I still in the game or it’s a no? Don’t want to followup with HR just yet.

Hey Fishes,

I am preparing for Google Cloud Engineer - AI role
I know there would be DS & Algo, Programming and ML Questions but
I was given a long list of topics to prepare by google - Web/Internet Technologies, Databases/SQL/NoSQL, Linux/Unix, Distributed Systems, System Design, Troubleshooting, Networking
Any suggestions on which topics to concentrate more on ,
any good resources that you can think of and any interview experiences would be very useful, Thanks in advance

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Interview for a Data Analytics consultant role and have been told there will be white-boarding exercises. How would you prepare for this? I’m guessing it will mostly be SQL but don’t want to assume.

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Hi Fishes,

Need your suggestion. I have given an interview in EXL for Senior Business Analyst role and been shortlisted. Could you all please suggest how much should I expect and ask.

YOE :- 4 Years and 9 Months
Skills :- SQL, Power BI, Tableau
CCTC :- 5.25 lakh

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When you are setting up a second interview and the recruiter calls back that the team already offered the position to someone else. 😒

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Is it in poor taste to reach out to a professor at a school I already interviewed for but am waiting on a decision from? He used to be a partner at my current firm and we have similar backgrounds so thought it would be helpful to discuss a few things with him

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Invited to interview for a PM role at Lending Tree. My first round is 30 mins with the hiring manager ( Director of Product) . Should I be expecting only behavioral questions/experience related questions given the time frame of the interview?

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I bought a house in the suburbs of Chicago at the top of the market. I ended up moving out of state in 2017 and short-selling. I am now interviewing for a VP Accounting role with the mortgage company that got shafted by the short sale. If I get the job offer, can they/will they see this on my credit report? Can they pull the offer due to this? Should I tell them before we advance further?

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Hi Fishes,

Yesterday I attended MS hackerrank test and was able to solve some Java based MCQ and one sql query correctly but not able to execute a code with any passed test case so should I expect a call from a recruiter for an interview?

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How high does L6 range typically go for Sr Program Manager roles? I am currently at ~250k TC and the position they were interviewing me for hand a max range of 200k TC. Is >300k TC possible?

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