Booz Allen Hamilton Interview Questions (2024) - 31 Entries

Booz Allen Hamilton Interview Questions

31 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (97%)

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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 (55%)

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 (95%)

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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Interviews at Booz Allen Hamilton

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

Consultant

Year 2021

Job Title Consultant

Group/Division Government - Federal

Location DC

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2022

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Generalist

Location remote

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Very Easy

Intern

Year 2019

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Generalist

Location Annapolis

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Easy

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2019

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions

Location London

Experience

Negative

Difficulty

Difficult

Year 2014

Job Title

Group/Division Business Development

Location San Diego

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2016

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Management Consulting

Location Baltimore

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Very Easy

Senior Consultant

Year 2014

Job Title Senior Consultant

Group/Division Government - Federal

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2016

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Generalist

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Easy

Intern

Year 2016

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Consulting

Location Washington

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

Intern

Year 2014

Job Title Intern

Group/Division Generalist

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Booz Allen Hamilton Examples

Consultant Interview - Government - Federal

Anonymous employee in DC

Interviewed: September 2021

Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2022

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Background Check

Interview

Pretty straightforward. Had a friend/current employee refer me which helped a fair bit to get the interview. 1 phone screening (basically a resume check). 2 30 min behavioral interviews. Got the offer a couple weeks later.

Interview Questions

It was all standard behavioral questions (working as a team, how do your experiences relate to this job, why government consulting specifically?)

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summer games intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in remote

Interviewed: March 2022

Date Submitted: Aug 14, 2022

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

it was all behavorial questions. there was one with hiring manager and then one with full time consultant. both were fine, just behavioral.

Interview Questions

none it was very easy

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Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Annapolis

Interviewed: March 2019

Date Submitted: Feb 27, 2022

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

In-person

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I walked into the shop and met with the hiring manager. She was super friendly and answered all my questions. Basically, just made sure I was qualified and asked when I could start.

Interview Questions

Why us? What makes you uniquely qualified to work here?

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Associate Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in London

Interviewed: November 2019

Date Submitted: Nov 30, 2019

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Presentation

Skills Test

Interview

Resume and cover letter submission.
Arctic shores online game.
Assessment centre - 2 interviews in the morning (one structured one unstructured), and then if you do well, three interviews in the afternoon (1 structured, 1 unstructured and a presentation).

Interview Questions

Structured case study was the most difficult question. Even if you get a calculation right, be prepared for them to scrutinise it, and heavily insinuate that you got it wrong. Also, be aware that if they ask you to explain something a second time, its probably not because they misheard you. Its because they want you to explain it more slowly and clearly - they didnt understand your reasoning. Be prepared for very hostile body language and try to keep your cool even if you are getting bad social queues from your interviewer.
If things begin to go badly, dont think that you have to speed up to resolve them and get back on track. Just slow down, and work through the problem.

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Consultant Interview - Business Development

Anonymous employee in San Diego

Interviewed: July 2014

Date Submitted: Aug 16, 2017

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Group Interview

Interview

Started off with a Phone interview that took about 30 minutes. Mostly behavioral at this point. Once the phone interview is over I was schedule for a round robin style interview process where teams would interview me to see if I fit in with them.

Interview Questions

Lots of technical questions since I was going for a more Cost Estimation/Price Analyst role. Got a lot of Excel questions on how I used the Pivot data and what formulas would I use to solve a given problem. Other questions included SQL related questions. Other than the technical questions, it was mainly behavioral. Since I interviewed each team for about 20-25 minutes, the interview process seemed to go by quickly. There were some scenario based questions revolving around communication issues in the workplace and how I could solve them

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Summer Games Intern Interview - Management Consulting

Anonymous employee in Baltimore

Interviewed: October 2016

Date Submitted: Nov 16, 2016

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Almost entirely behavioral. Walked through my resume on-campus. Then received a phone call saying that I got the position about a week later.

Interview Questions

There was a single mini-case question. I was asked what pieces of data may be necessary to solve a problem: how a police department might raise more funds only through parking ticketing. The interviewer and I walked through the case together. He was only looking for some specific criterion that many other interviewees apparently did not mention. When I mentioned these (accounting for costs, marginal utility, zoning), the interviewer was pretty pleased. In terms of cases, this was pretty easy to handle.

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Senior Consultant Interview - Government - Federal

Anonymous employee in Washington

Interviewed: July 2014

Date Submitted: Oct 29, 2016

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Background Check

Interview

Very straightforward - no curveballs. I came in from an industry background so my interview was much more about my resume, how I work on teams and with clients, and how I'd solve specific problems that the team was currently dealing with.

Interview Questions

What challenges do you expect federal clients will face in implementing the upcoming FITARA legislation?

How can federal IT investment management policies be modified to show more granularity in program health without constraining managers with unnecessary paperwork?

How would you advise a senior manager who does not directly control the contract of vendor providing critical services to his/her division?

How do you stay aware of current and upcoming federal management policy initiatives? How do you brief clients on current trends in policy?

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Strategic Management Consultant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington

Interviewed: 2016

Date Submitted: Oct 25, 2016

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Booz Allen has a strong presence at my school and is one of its biggest recruiters. They were on campus nearly every week for events (career fair, resume workshop, corporate presentation, etc.) and I went to most. Those selected for interviews had a networking event/pre-night, first rounds the next day, and second rounds the day after. Was contacted by a BAH recruiter the next week about my offer.

Interview Questions

For the entry-level consulting position, Booz Allen does not do case interviews. They are very upfront about that and you will know going into the interview that you do not have a case, but it is still a practice unlike any other consulting shop. Behavioral questions were all pretty straightforward -- interviewers were definitely more interesting in having a conversation and gauging how interested I was in the things I had listed on my resume, as well as how interested I was in working for Booz.

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Strategic Innovation Group - Intern Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in Washington

Interviewed: 2016

Date Submitted: May 23, 2016

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

Background Check

Interview

It was a straight forward process. I was initially contacted after providing my resume to an on campus recruiter. Following this I had one phone interview which was a behavior interview.

Interview Questions

There really were not man difficult or unexpected questions. The only thing which could have been difficult was the interviewer did not really have many questions. This was a bit challenging as it was then up to myself to fill the time. I was initially asked to tell the interviewer about myself. He then asked about several project and positions I had listed on my resume and finally he asked my if I had any question from him. It was pretty basic, minimal behavioral interview. Nothing to challenging.

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Management Consultant Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Washington

Interviewed: 2014

Date Submitted: Feb 13, 2016

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Background Check

Interview

Given a call with one department -- established a strong fit, but they were all hired out. Was passed to another department, interviewed there, and was hired.

Interview Questions

Very few questions were difficult. In the first interview, the guy wanted to know about an experience I had at work, making a mistake, working on a team, analyzing data. He spent a lot more time talking about his background, and I would just chime in on how I would fit in at the department. Large emphasis on fit, and having an interesting background helps.

In the second interview, there was a brief case involving a public sector client, followed by some brief behavioral and background questions.

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