Bates White Economic Consulting Interview Questions (2024) - 6 Entries

Bates White Economic Consulting Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (90%)

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Interview Difficulty (85%)

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% Interns - FT Offers (87%)

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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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Interviews at Bates White Economic Consulting

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2021

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division N/A

Location Washington DC

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2021

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Generalist

Location Washington, D.C.

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2015

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Economic Consulting

Location Washington

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2014

Job Title Intern

Group/Division N/A

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2012

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Economic Consulting

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Easy

Intern

Year 2012

Job Title Intern

Group/Division

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Bates White Economic Consulting Examples

Internship Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington DC

Interviewed: October 2021

Date Submitted: Jun 09, 2022

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Written application, moved onto general behavioral interview with two members of the firm, last was a full day consisting of both behavioral and case interview

Interview Questions

In depth questions about previous projects or research

Sample Answer

Summer Consultant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington, D.C.

Interviewed: October 2021

Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2022

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

2-3 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Skills Test

Interview

First round 2:1 interview but only talking to one interviewer at a time. First part is brief background for maybe 5 minutes, then 40-45 minute classic economic consulting case led by one interviewer. It's a classic damages assessment case, you have some conceptual questions, some mental math, and some more conceptual questions towards the end. I wasn't the fastest on the mental math and finding numbers that I had previously written down, but strong economic intuition towards the end. Then you have 10-15 minutes of behavioral questions at the end.

Got a call two days later to schedule a superday for around 2 months later (I applied late so I think that's why my date was so late). Superday was 4 one-hour interviews, a 45 min coffee chat, and a 30 min wrap-up, took pretty much the whole day (9am to 4pm). Two were cases and two were behavioral. You end with some logistics. Heard back the following week. Interviews overall weren't hard but superday was grueling in terms of length.

Interview Questions

Why economic consulting?

Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Economic Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington

Interviewed: October 2015

Date Submitted: Oct 16, 2015

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Applied online, told two days in advance about an interview, was an hour long (half case / half behavioral)

Interview Questions

Pretty standard questions. Tell me about yourself, why economic consulting, why Bates White, what is your competitive advantage (i.e. strengths), tell me about your data work, etc.

Case was interview-led and was about a market with oligopolistic competition. Interviewer was very nice.

Sample Answer

Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington

Interviewed: February 2014

Date Submitted: Feb 21, 2015

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Skills Test

Interview

FIrst round interviews were on campus. Had dinner with the interviewers the night before. Structure of first round interviews were 2 on 1. There was a case which tested understanding of basic economic principles and several personality/fit questions. Second round interviews were at the D.C. office. Lasted 5 hours and met with a principle, manager, and several consultants. There were two case interviews, questions on personality, interests, and future plans. Lunch break with some junior level consultants in between interviews. Overall people who worked there were nice and the interview was mainly used to learn more about your interests and if it matched work done in the firm.

Interview Questions

What is economic consulting and why economic consulting? What are you future plans and where do you see yourself in five years?

Sample Answer

Consultant Intern Interview - Economic Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington

Interviewed: 2012

Date Submitted: Mar 11, 2014

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

The process was pretty simple with getting to know the company first and then a phone interview case. The case seemed a bit different than typical management consulting cases where it was less drawn out and more a test of a few questions asking you to establish the structure for a question and brainstorm ideas.

Interview Questions

What is your interest in and knowledge of economic consulting? This was more of a fit question where they are trying to see if you know what the company does

Tell me about one of your most interesting classes, this was more of a fit question where they were probably trying to see if you are structured in your answer and curios about academics

Sample Answer

Summer Consultant Interview -

Anonymous employee in Washington

Interviewed: 2012

Date Submitted: Apr 25, 2012

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Group Interview

Skills Test

Interview

OCR led to two-part group interview. One interviewer opens with case interviewer. Other asks behavioral/fit questions.

Moved on to HQ for full day of interviews. Met with consultants, principals, and many in between. 2 behavioral, 2 case, and taken out to lunch.

Diverse background, very academic, very friendly, open communication across all levels

Interview Questions

Case interview on price collusion in airline industry. Asked to identify possible cost drivers, quantify revenue/cost/profit, answer what-if scenarios

Interviewer asks you several quantitative questions that lead you to an overall conclusion as to whether or not there was collusion and if it hurt consumers

Sample Answer