Just a video call, online. It was quite chill, they started by asking questions about yourself, strength & weakness, etc. They also asked about why you want to join SPP and why consulting. Then they asked 2 qns about case study.

SPP team had presented to post grad students at Uni Melbourne in Feb 2016. I applied sometime in April 2016 and I was called in for a contract position interview (2 cases). The feedback was positive, but I never heard back form the hiring manager or the team. Anyhow, I contacted the new hiring manager in 2017 and I was then called in for a fresh round of interviews (as they couldn't find the notes from the previous one) for a full-time position. This was 4 cases split between 2 days. The overall experience is no different from any other Consulting firm and nothing stands out about these guys. The cases were typical problems mixed with graphs etc. One thing I found extremely odd and ridiculous is that they expect exact calculations and no rounding of numbers. Hell, in one case, the number was something like market size of 39B$ growing @ 2% and our market share is 13% or something. God knows why you would want to test such precise numbers on people after they have 2 degrees and experience at billion $ companies. Anyhow, after the 1st round I was told I did really well and they called me back within 48 hours. Then again both the interviewers said I did well and in fact, on one case the interviewer mentioned my recommendations were out of the box and above & beyond their recommendations to the actual client few years ago. I still didn't the FT position though. Feedback to me was 1) I jumped to the solutions too quickly (though honestly I don't remember even one instance of that happening) and 2) my cover letter (written 8 months ago btw in my initial application) has grammatical errors. I'll take point #1 as something to work on, but point #2 just astonishes me. I have lived in 7 countries, worked in 3 and speak 3 languages. After an Engineering degree from one of the top 5 Universities in U.S, MBA from #1 Uni in APAC and experience at billion $ projects, they will use 4 paragraphs to judge my writing skills. I would love to ask SPP's consultants to write a perfect cover letter in their 2nd language?? Challenge accepted?