Got a recruiter phone screen invitation for ZS. -> Any tips on how you passed this stage for ZS?
-> How does project staffing work at ZS?
-> What is the culture like? Stressful? Positive?

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My understanding of a phone screen is it serves two purposes:
1) To confirm your resume
2) To confirm your interest in the position

The second call, so to speak, starts the behavioral / technical portion. I’d be happy to give advice, but you being at Accenture makes me think you know what to expect from these, roughly.

As far as your second/third question:

Project staffing depends on your tenure. Everyone is aligned to a space/team (think Pfizer, B2B, Market Insights, Value/Access/Pricing) and your work will be largely or entirely within that space.

A/AC are pretty much limited to full time or half time staffing. Half seems much more common.

Cs can be full-time on 1 project or split across 4 or so. Depends on their role (full time likely for a C who is the lowest man on the totem pole or on a high-visibility, high-value program type engagement).

Ms are almost always spread across numerous projects - 5 or more, maybe even more than 10. But I’ve had Ms working full time on those same high-visibility, high-value programs. It varies. But remember, this is where you manage your own book - you’re rarely being “staffed” like an A/AC/C.

AP/P is again based on your own book. Hopefully you’d have many, many projects at this level.

As for culture, it depends on your team. I love mine - couldn’t be happier. Most of this app seems miserable, though.

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