4 interviews: - A 30 minute phone interview with a consultant - Two one hour zoom calls with a senior consultant and director, each including a 30-ish minute test scenario -A 3 hour "Business Case Study" with a principal and an MD The first three are screeners for the final interview. I had very positive experiences with each of the first three consultants and with their recruiters, all of whom were friendly and engaging, and all of whom I was excited about the prospect of working with. At the end of the third interview I discussed compensation; the range they provided would have required me to take a pay cut, but I had enough of a positive impression to at least check out the next round. For the "Business Case Study" you're given a one page scenario with very few details and have two hours to give a presentation to senior leaders, who roleplay as clients. Despite having applied to the general consultant role, not the change management consultant, I was given an entirely change management-based scenario. If the approach the two interviewers took to their roles is representative of their client relationships, I may have dodged a bullet. They were adversarial from the beginning and dragged what was meant to be a 30-40 minute presentation into nearly 75 minutes. Afterwards, the reason the recruiter provided for not extending an offer was that I didn't provide enough of the requested details, leaving out that I wasn't able to address them because the interview dragged past 6PM and one of the interviewers had to leave to handle childcare. All in all, I appreciate how thorough the process is, and I can certainly see the value in having prospective consultants demonstrate their client-facing skills. On the other hand, I can't imagine what value there is in handing someone a laughably vague scenario that's entirely outside their past experience and approaching the interview with hostility. As another interviewee noted, win, lose or draw I don't think this was worth the 6-7 hours of my time I sank into it. The last interview left enough of a sour taste in my mouth that I certainly wouldn't have taken a pay cut to join the firm.

Either the interviewers are liars, hypocrites, or both. The company is lost and can't offer competitive market rates. I crushed all four interviews and case studies. They tried very hard to find something wrong with my answers, but fell short and floundered. Just like what the other interviewees stated on this site, they will ask if you want feedback and then ghost you.