Arthur D. Little Interview Questions
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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.
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The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.
The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.
The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.
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The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.
The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.
The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.
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Interview Questions & Answers - Arthur D. Little Examples
Consultant Interview - Generalist
Great team. Love the transparency and passion for the work.
associate Interview - Generalist
business analyst (consulting) Interview
At the dinner the partners informed us that everyone present was automatically invited for the first round of interviews if we wanted to. This made a lot of sense since they screened the CV's and motivation letters for the dinner as they would for 1st round iv.
3 rounds of iv's followed pretty quickly. 1st round was 1 face-to-face iv with a consultant with a heavy emphasis on the case (numerical reasoning, market sizing...). 2nd round was 1 iv with a partner (again quite case-heavy like first round) and then a 2nd case iv where I got a written case and 30mins to prepare some slides. Then had to present to the same partner + a manager. They ask a lot of questions in rapid succession (stress test). 3rd round was 2 face-to-face ivs, both with partners. The first partner did not even bother doing a case, just a general discussion on my CV and then simply about the consulting industry in general. The second partner was also the head of recruitment and staffing. He did a small 15min case and the rest was CV and probing for interests.
Got a principal on the phone a week later telling me I got an offer and I stopped by to discuss the package and sign the contract (got a bottle of champagne from the partner that I did the 2nd round with) and that was that.
2nd round was by far the most difficult. Especially the written case because of the time constraint (case was 3-4 pages). Reading the case alone takes 10mins+ then you have to reason, re-read some parts, calculate AND design some slides on a flip-over. The slide design in my case was almost non-existant. After that iv I really thought that I messed it up. During the questioning it became clear that I used a wrong method. What I think that saved me was simply admitting that, in hindsight, the other method was better and being coachable! I had to recalculate some NPV's (not easy without calculator and being under stress ;-) ) But again showing coachability and rolling with the punches can save the interview in such cases. Classic, oral 1 to 1 case interviews you can prepare for perfectly (books like case in point, classmates...). However very few books or other prepping materials help you with these written cases. I assumed (wrongly) that it would be similar, well... it wasn't.
I hadn't prepared for this specific question and it's difficult to come up with an answer that is good (not BS) but still does not make them question your commitment to their firm.
I said that maybe the firm was somewhat less prestigious than some MBB firms but that I didn't care about prestige and valued the fact that I would be working in slightly smaller teams and have more contact with senior staff at the firm (principals and partners)., Again the 2nd round written case was really stressy and difficult to prepare for. All I can say is present a reasonable logic in your thinking and adapt if needed (be coachable)., cases with partners are a lot "looser" (I honestly think some were made up on the spot) with no graphs, numbers etc. Name of the game is ditching the pen and paper and just follow the logic and show some minimal intelligence and business instinct. Don't try to come up with some force-fit framework like some books say you should have. Instead join in the conversation and show that you can think on your feet.
Health Care Consultant Interview -
1 Random Math Test
Sent email to office in same city. I was invited the next day to come in.
- How many passengers on Boston Metro Bay Transportation Authority System
-What do you do when analyzing competitors
-What do you do to improve this
Summer consultant Interview -
The general feeling is that ADL is very entrepeneurial, and that are looking for people with lots of proactivity and go to strategy thinking.
I received the offer the day after the interviews as it was a short recreuiting program carried out directl by the officie principals and partners in orde to avoid first round interviews, for what it was a super niche selection of people that finally made it into the process.
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