PA Consulting Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (20%)

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.

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 donut, 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 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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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (74%)

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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  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at PA Consulting Group

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Energy
Location Denver
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Difficulty
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Year 2019
Job Title Senior Consultant
Group/Division Strategy
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Job Title Associate Consultant
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Interview Questions & Answers - PA Consulting Group Examples

Energy Analyst Interview - Energy

Anonymous interview candidate in Denver
Interviewed: November 2023
Date Submitted: Feb 28, 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Participated the info session, then the first round is group interview, with each group having 4 people. The second round is take home test in Excel. The final round are two 1-1 interviews with the senior and partner.
Interview Questions
Talk about a technical project
Where do you see yourself in five years
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Managing Consultant Interview - Strategy

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 15, 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Applied online and then had a brief HR call. Following that, I had to prepare a presentation based on a company's annual report. This was then presented to a partner, which was followed by a behavioural interview.
Interview Questions
There were some tricky market sizing exercises, which were annoyingly hard. Especially as they were the kind of ones that the interviewer just Googled and wouldn't be able to herself: "how many soccer balls could you fit into Wembley Stadium"

In addition, during the case study a change was implemented at the start. This was quite unnerving as it meant that the original hypothesis was thrown out of the window. I was given 20 minutes to prepare a new analysis based on the information provided at the start of the interview.
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Strategy Consultant Interview - Strategy

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2017
Date Submitted: Feb 15, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The first round phone screen interview involved a rather basic about why entering consulting and how my past experiences would be connected with the job specs. This was rather easy to get through

The next round covered an inperson assessment where they sent a financial statement 1 week in advance and asked me to create some slides to go through in 30minutes regarding management concerns. It was quite difficult not having financial experience but a few courses would help and all the concerns were in the first few pages. AT the interview you review this and they say they want some changes based on an email. The second part of this round covered more behavioural based questions and also a surprise market sizing - how many containers would be needed to fit all the bananas eaten in the UK in a single day. I did not pass this due to nerves which messed with my maths.

The next round would have been 3-4 cases and a lunch with associates. I was not invited back due to poor performance in the market sizing section.
Interview Questions
The unexpected interview questions was the one about the bananas where they ask how many containers would be needed to fit all the bananas eaten in the UK in a single day.

Another question they asked was - what are 3 qualities which my friends would say that I have in myself. This was rather unexpected as well. There were some other questions regarding how I have dealt with a difficult team situation, how I have managed other peers, how have I dealt with a complex solution and presented it to a client.
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