November 16th in Uncategorized by jason2009 .

15 Management Consulting Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid

With unemployment soaring, the competition for jobs is brutal, meaning there’s a lot more to interviews than small-talk and finding a weakness that’s actually a strength.

But if you think you’ve gotten tough questions, wait until you see what recent graduates are being asked at management consulting firms.

Big fish like McKinsey, Bain and Boston Consulting Group — like Google — rely on "case" style questions to choose "business analysts" (for undergraduates) and "associates" (for MBA grads).

What makes the inteview style …

 

With unemployment soaring, the competition for jobs is brutal, meaning there’s a lot more to interviews than small-talk and finding a weakness that’s actually a strength.

But if you think you’ve gotten tough questions, wait until you see what recent graduates are being asked at management consulting firms.

Big fish like McKinsey, Bain and Boston Consulting Group — like Google — rely on "case" style questions to choose "business analysts" (for undergraduates) and "associates" (for MBA grads).

What makes the inteview style so difficult is the right answer is more about process than a specific number or result. And, as you’ll see, the question topics are about random situations that can’t be prepared for specifically.

Management consulting interview expert Victor Cheng of caseinterview.com says questions usually come in two varieties: short, five minute estimation questions where the candidate isn’t permitted to ask for any additional information, and 30 to 40 minute "case interview" questions where it’s expected that the candidate ask for quantitative information from the interviewer.

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