PA Consulting folks and those who’ve interviewed with them - what do the case study and written exercise entail? Suppose the former is not as hardcore as an MBB/sizing case interview? Also, any chance I can get them to offer me Principal position rather than Consultant with 4 YOE in Consulting +1.5 industry?

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So for me the case study and written exercise were the same thing ("case study exercise"). Might be different across capability groups. Which team are you applying to?

Structure:
- Intro to the case study with a Principal
- Drafting time (~20m)
- Presentation (10m)
- Discussion (20m)

Not 'hardcore' in the sense that they want you to do mental maths or come up with a view on the spot. But certainly expected to frame your thoughts and be comfortable exploring areas in detail which you know nothing about (for me, this was IT implementation).

Principal would be worth a shot, depending on how strong you think your position is. Something to discuss at the offer stage, perhaps.

Any questions feel free to DM me!

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Very helpful, thank you!

My experience was a bit different to PA1, where I was given a case study/written exercise and given 2 hours to prepare a 20 minute presentation on it, to which I presented to a partner as part of a 1 hour interview (brief sent at 9am and presented at 11am). Quite intense but I have no experience of MBB exercises so can’t compare.

Definitely enough experience to go for principal, all depends how you sell yourself and your other offers on the table - although expect to be on the lower end of the pay scale for that role though with that experience.

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6YOE - 3 in consulting and 3 in industry. Unfortunately wasn’t considered as PC but got offered C
I was informed by my recruiters that external PC entrants are expected to have 10YOE

May I ask what salary and bonus you were offered?

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