Category: consulting interviews

Breaking Into ZS Associates from a Non-Target School as an International Student

Mrinal received offers from ZS Associates and Uber. He ended up accepting ZS Associates’ offer (in the Princeton, NJ office). How did he navigate the consulting recruiting process as an international student and decide which firm to go with? We recently interviewed him to find out! This interview is packed full of insights into the…

PwC Partner Shares the Firm’s Strategy for the Future of the Workforce, DEI, and Work-Life Balance

Bhushan Sethi is a PwC Partner and global thought leader on the future of work. As the Joint Global Leader of People and Organization at PwC, Bhushan brings decades of experience to this conversation around work-life balance, diversity & inclusion, what going back to the office will look like, and more. It's a fascinating behind-the-scenes…

Former McKinsey Associate Partner Shares How She Broke Into “The Firm”

Stephanie Knight is a former consultant and Associate Partner at McKinsey. Her journey has taken her from Northwestern University to the mountains of northern Afghanistan, to Duke Fuqua Business School, to McKinsey and beyond. You'll glean so much about life and consulting and more through this interview. Stephanie shares about the McKinsey case interview, including…

5 Key Tips for a Deloitte Federal Case Interview

A Deloitte Federal case interview is given to candidates applying to the firm’s public sector-focused practice area, known as Deloitte Federal Government Services. Like the commercial arm of Deloitte Consulting, Deloitte Federal uses case interviews to assess a candidate’s problem-solving ability, creativity, comfort with ambiguity, analytical prowess, and communication skills. However, Deloitte Federal case interviews…

What A Candidate Did To Land Offers From Deloitte & KPMG

Meet Steven, an Air Force Academy Grad who ended up landing offers from both Deloitte and KPMG! How did he do it? Keep reading for lessons you should apply to your own experience to land a consulting offer. Table of Contents: Candidate Background Capstone Project McKinsey Interview Process KPMG & Deloitte Interview Process Deciding Between…

Cultural Fit Interview Questions Ultimate Guide

Chances are, if you talk to anybody preparing for consulting interviews, you won’t hear much about the fit interview. But the case interview? Almost guaranteed. But if the fit interview is ~50% of your final interview score, why is it an oft-neglected piece of the management consulting interview prep process? For one, case interviews are…

Off-Cycle Recruiting: 2021 Busiest On Record

March has come and gone - and with it, the advent of the busiest period of off-cycle recruiting. Here at Management Consulted, we affectionately call it Second Season. 2021 was the busiest period of off-cycle recruiting we have ever seen, and it has continued into the winter months. We see no sign of off-cycle recruiting…

Issue Trees Are Dead- In Virtual Case Interviews

Issue trees are often used by consultants to help break down large or complex business issues into smaller, more manageable pieces. From there, those pieces can be put into a plan to bring about a solution to the overall problem. Some use them for case interviews, but should they in this post covid world? You…

Case Study Samples: Video Examples With Answers

Looking for sample case study interviews with answers? Look no further! In this article, we're walking you through some of the best case study samples on the web. These case studies simulate the virtual case interview environment and represent cases from across different firm styles (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, and more), including both interviewer-led and…

Bain Full Case Interview Example

Listening to Bain full case interview examples can help you prepare for your own case interview. In listening to or watching this case example, you might be like our candidate who listens often and thinks it's pretty straight forward. But then when they're the one in the hot seat, it's not as easy as they…