Egon Zehnder Interview Questions (2024) - 2 Entries

Egon Zehnder Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (60%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

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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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Interview Difficulty (48%)

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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% Interns - FT Offers (4%)

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.

Interviews at Egon Zehnder

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

Intern

Year 2019

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Generalist

Location New York

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2013

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Executive Search

Location Boston

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Egon Zehnder Examples

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York

Interviewed: February 2019

Date Submitted: Oct 04, 2019

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Group Interview

Interview

Submitted resume on my College's recruiting site. One behavioral/fit interview over the phone, then a group interview with two employees from the firm. The group interview was about an hour long and consisted of an executive search case and then a little bit more behavioral questions. The executive search case was different than most consulting interviews, most of the frameworks for traditional consulting will not help.

Interview Questions

The second round consisted of an executive search consulting case. The case involved a client that needs a Chief Sales Officer. The interviewers broke the case up into three parts: (1) Asking questions and performing "due diligence" about the client. (2) Giving an overview of the search strategy. (3) Giving specific examples of companies or individuals you would look at for this role and why. This is pretty different than your average consulting case, and requires knowledge about different industries and high performing companies. If you don't know about many different industries or companies, then they want you to show that you can at least adapt and make knowledgeable assumptions.

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Summer Intern Interview - Executive Search

Anonymous interview candidate in Boston

Interviewed: 2013

Date Submitted: Aug 13, 2013

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Skills Test

Interview

I was part of a summer program where the firm was conducting interviews. I submitted a resume and cover letter and found out I received an interview the day before the scheduled time slot. It consisted of one 30-min fit interview and one 30-min case interview.

Interview Questions

Walk me through your resume (expected)- interviewer simply asked me to walk her through my resume and she asked me a few questions about my experiences

Name one academic challenge you faced and how you showed leadership through it. This was difficult because the interviewer was specific about the fact that it had to be academic which limited my response.

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