ZS Associates Interview Questions

47 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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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (99%)

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.

3.4
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% 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 ZS Associates

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Consulting
Location Princeton
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Year 2015
Job Title
Group/Division Pharmaceuticals
Location Philadelphia
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Year 2015
Job Title
Group/Division Sales
Location Princeton
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Consulting
Location Evanston
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Consulting
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Consultant
Year 2014
Job Title Consultant
Group/Division Healthcare
Location San Mateo
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Associate Consultant
Year 2014
Job Title Associate Consultant
Group/Division Healthcare
Location Boston
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Associate Consultant
Year 2014
Job Title Associate Consultant
Group/Division Healthcare
Location Boston
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Pharmaceuticals
Location Thousand Oaks
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Consultant
Year 2014
Job Title Consultant
Group/Division Pharmaceuticals
Location New York
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - ZS Associates Examples

Decision Analytics Associate Interview - Healthcare

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: February 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Phone interview first
Case phone interview
Superday in office that involved multiple fit questions, technical questions, and brainteasers
Interview Questions
Brainteaser

Strategy Insights and Planning Associate Intern Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed:
Outcome
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
3 30 minute interviews back to back to back. One case, one behavioral, and one unstructured case (more to understand business acumen and strategic thinking), interviewed in the AM, got called with offer in the early evening
Interview Questions

Strategy Insights & Planning Intern Interview - Strategy

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Other
Interview
Given that everything is remote now, my interviews (EBI, Structured Case, Unstructured Case) were each held over Zoom and lasted 30-35 minutes per session. They were super flexible with my school/work schedule as well.
Interview Questions
The structured case interview was candidate-led, meaning they simply present the information and ask very open-ended questions like: "What sort of actionable information can you derive?" They don't confirm whether or not you're heading in the right direction with your observations, and will politely scrutinize any concrete answer you give with questions like "Are you sure about that? Can you walk me through the thinking that led to your conclusion again?"

Especially on the portion where a little math is needed will they test the confidence in your calculations. I calculated profit margins for a question about which merger made the most sense to follow, and she asked me to confirm the math 3 times.

Associate Consultant Interview - Pharmaceuticals

Anonymous employee in princeton
Interviewed: June 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
First round 1:1 with Consultant, then 4 interview superday with 1 behavioral, 2 technical/behavioral, and 1 presentation
Interview Questions
Gave time for a 30 minute deck to be built and 15 minutes to present

Strategy Insights and Planning Associate Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Princeton
Interviewed: November 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
One day of interviews; had three different interviews during this time with Principals from various offices. I was asked some behavioral questions and each interview finished with a case interview, centered on life sciences issues.
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time you failed.

Summer Associate Interview

Anonymous employee in Los Angeles
Interviewed: January 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Very well coordinated process. After applying online you do three interviews consecutively in which your fit/personality and ability to approach cases, both quantitatively and in a more abstract manner, are tested. Notified of decisions within a week after.
Interview Questions
Can't give away details but behavioral, structured and unstructured case, each 25-40min. I'd make sure to know how to approach common/standard behavioral questions and case practices/structuring from Case In Point. Don't get too caught up in the frameworks for case types but rather learn the general approaches. BCG interactive case library was of help during prep too. And no unexpected questions, but during the unstructured you may get a problem you might never have considered in the past, but thats the point, they want to see how you logically go about in approaching a new, sort of random problem type.

associate Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Two rounds of interviews with both behavior and case study.
How to grow the revenue of a chain store
Interview Questions
How to grow the revenue

 Increase revenue of current restaurants
 No. of customers:
 Attract new customers: more marketing campaign; customer segmentation and enter the new segments; Provide delivery service to approach customers
 Customer retention: improve our service, change the menu, optimize our products offering
 ASP per customers: change the product mix; up-selling


Non- Organic growth
 Acquire
 Benefits: standalone and synergy
 Cost
 Risks


 Open up new restaurants
 Evaluate supply and demand in the new regions
 Current competition landscape
 Market potential

zs associates Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: October 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
3 rounds on campus: one behavioral, one structure, one constructed; people are generally nice and the result is out next day
Interview Questions
It was asking about opening a store and the whole case was very unstructured and I did not have time to write down my thoughts-it is all conversational based and the interviewer keeps asking questions. The behavioral is just fine and consisted of typical behavioral questions. The structured case was not difficult but instead of talking and interacting with each other, they gave me a printed ppt and ask me to read through it and solve problems one by one and I was a bit confused and did not know what to do because I was used to talking

Summer internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Shanghai
Interviewed: July 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
2 M&A case. One is about healthcare industry, one is about auto industry. Quite unique to have two M&A case for the whole interview.
Prepare well for the framework.
Interview Questions
A friend wants to open an art gallery in shanghai, how do you suggest him where to open it?
A new drug case, has sizing in it, should be familiar with the diagnostic flow
Written case: a cookie café found that its sales increased but margin decreased a lot, find out why and give suggestions. Tips: lay out framework first and find information to fill it in, don’t read the whole thing because time is not enough

What’s your biggest failure until now? What do you learn from this failure?
Why do you want to do consulting?
Why ZS?
Why Healthcare?
They value proactiveness

business operation associate Interview - Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Evanston
Interviewed: May 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
After applying online, the recruiter set up a phone call asking basic questions like "why do you want to work for us?" or "what do you know about ZS?". The first round interview is a phone call interview. The interview consists of a simple case and a behavioral which goes in-depth of what you have accomplished. I am still waiting for the next round.
Interview Questions
I would say nothing was unexpected. The phone interview was very standard. The interviewer asked me to do a self-introduction and then just questions about a specific project that I did in the past. I think he was mainly trying to examine my leadership skills and the ability to learn and improve in the future. For the case study, if you some knowledge in knowing about datasets and business, you will be fine. It is really really easy. Just go with the flow and you will be able to solve the problems they gave you.
$1bn+
Est Annual Revenue
Industry

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