Strategy& Interview Questions

40 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (96%)

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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.

3.9
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Interview Difficulty (98%)

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.

3.3
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% Interns - FT Offers (99%)

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 Strategy&

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Experience
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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Management Consulting
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Consultant
Year 2023
Job Title Consultant
Group/Division Generalist
Location
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Associate Consultant
Year 2022
Job Title Associate Consultant
Group/Division Government - Federal
Location
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Consumer - Retail
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Consulting
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Consulting
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Associate Consultant
Year 2019
Job Title Associate Consultant
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Strategy& Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Management Consulting

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: February 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Started with a general online assessment, not too difficult just some math based questions, problem solving, etc.

First round interview is two 45min interviews back to back with a Senior Associate and Manager. The first interview starts with behavioral/motivational/CV questions (Why Strategy&? Why consulting? Tell me about a time when x) and then pivots to a market sizing question. The second interview is a structured case study where you're given a slide packet of 10 or so pages and have 10min to read through them and go through 3 questions. In my experience you really don't have time to go through all the questions within 10min, but you're not expected to and you can kind of walk through the solutions with your interviewer while looking through the packet at the same time. One of the questions I got was related to TAM which did have a single answer within the pages of the packet-- the other two questions were more qualitative which are a LOT easier to freestyle answer while browsing through the slide packet at the same time.

Second round is identical to the first round except you'll be paired with Directors/Partners. My second round interview went a lot better than my first because the directors/partners happened to be a lot more conversational with me, but I've heard people with opposite experiences so YMMV.
Interview Questions
The questions really were not that difficult-- you just need to be quite clear on your CV and the basic motivational questions surrounding teamwork, initiative, etc. I can mention one of the market sizing questions I got:
"Estimate the milk market in the UK"

Consultant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: September 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Process was organized by school with a company presentation. Did a bunch of networking and was then invited from HR for two first round interviews with two principals of the offices I was applying to. The communication was efficient and well organized. The interviewers seems disengaged and cold. This might be associated with the crazy work and stress that they are facing in the Middle East.
Interview Questions
No surprises here. Just the normal consulting case structure. However, it was very much focused on market estimations and gauging market sizes, less so traditional consulting cases.

Start Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Standard behavioral questions, with a very small/easy case at the end. The case only really took 5 minutes of the 30.
Interview Questions
Small case.

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: September 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First round was two back to back case interviews, ~1hr long each. Final round was interview with two partners, each 1 hr. Entire process was in person.
Interview Questions
There was a brain teaser at the end

Associate consultant Interview - Government - Federal

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Two round of 1;1 case interview with an additional excel test for the final round. Singapore's office
Interview Questions
Excel test for the final round of interview

Senior Associate Interview - Consumer - Retail

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: May 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Attended an assessment day in the London office with four case interviews and received an offer by the end of the day.
Interview Questions
Case interviews don't follow the typical format and involved being handed an actual case study (7-8 pages) to read through with 4 questions to address.

Summer Associate Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied through school recruiting process, and was invited to interview 2 weeks later. The intern interview consists of 2 back-to-back interviews with a Senior Associate and a Partner. These are standard consulting case interviews, with 1-2 questions about your background as well.
Interview Questions
What advice would you give to someone who's in your previous job?

Summer Associate Intern Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied via LinkedIn and then their website. It was two 45 minute back to back interviews, and they were both behavioral and had some case portion. No numbers involved, more about how you think and problem solve.
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time you failed.

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
First round interview on campus with a Manager. Consisted of 2 parts, the first part being a simple case (i.e. how would you identify strategies for margin improvement in a CPG brand, how would you test their implementation, etc.) and then behaviorals (why consulting, why PwC?)
Interview Questions
This was my first time completing a case. Was expecting it to be more quantitative, rather many of the questions were around physical vs. digital marketing strategies (and this was for a generalist management consulting role)

Senior associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: July 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Was asked about how to improve recycling rate. The partner was interested in figuring out how to find data to support my statement
Interview Questions
I was asked why i wanted to quit my job.
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