1st Year Associate Consultant

Status
Associate Consultant at
Group/Division/Type
Generalist
City
London
Interviewed
May 2014
Overall experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Difficult

General Interview Information

Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
I applied online after 1 year of experience in banking. First you have to do two online reasoning tests: numerical and verbal. Standard SNH formats. Then you get a call from the HR where they ask you a bunch of rather basic questions on your background. Then I was invited for two back-to-back case study interviews. On arrival, they will first give you 2 (surprise) tests that you have to do in the office - numerical and verbal again; these are more difficult than online. You can use a calculator. Right after that you have the interview - first 2 were conducted by a senior associate and by a project manager. The cases were similar to those you find on their website. Each lasted 30 minutes. After that, you have another two case interviews with the Partners. These last an hour each.
The office is very nice and very central (right behind the GS offices). The people in general are laid-back, less flashy than MBB, and self-admittedly more nerdy.
Overall Company Rankings
Blurred content of Overall Company Rankings Blurred content of Overall Company Rankings

Want Access to these OCC Strategy Consultants Overall Company Rankings?

  • Free 1 month access by adding just 1 salary datapoint here
  • REAL salary bonus data across 1,000+ companies
  • Plus free 1 month access to 10,000+ interview insights

Was this interview insight helpful?

How many stars would you give to this interview insight?

No votes have been submitted yet.

$100m+
Est Annual Revenue
Industry

Other Interview Data

Associate (Vice President)
Goldman Sachs, CHICAGO, 2016
Trader (Vice President)
HSBC, New York, 2022
Vp (Vice President)
Morgan Stanley, New York, 2021
Vp (Vice President)
Morgan Stanley, New York, 2021
Quantitative Strategist (Vice President)
Morgan Stanley, NA, 2020

Unlock WSO Database

1 month free. Add your own pay data.