I applied online. I interviewed at Alvarez & Marsal (London, England)
Interview
Applied to Analyst role at A&M.
Initial stage included a 20-25min phone interview with HR member. Questions centred around: a) What I know of A&M; b) previous experinces; c) why I was interested in joining. This stage was relaxed.
After the phone interview, I had to do 4 online SHL tests: numerical / reasoning / excel / powerpoint. It is easy to find prep test questions online for the numberical and reasoning tests.
The excel and powerpoint tests were hard as it was all theory - you had to answer multiple choice questions regarding these applications (and some functionality that no one really uses in day to day work).
Final stage was a case study interview with a Director as well as a short fit interview.
The fit interview is very standard again: why A&M / why this role / what challege are you lookig for.
The techincal case study was a tough one. You are given a ton of information on a company and asked to prepare a short 4 slide powerpoint answering questions on current status of company / risks / new challenges etc.
First skill is to find only relevant information. It is also critical to have knowledge of financials (e.g. reading income statements etc) as a major part of the case is based on presenting KPIs on these.
You are given 40-45min to prepare a deck and then present back to Director and also be able to defend your view.
There was an HR Screen, Interview for 45mins with some technicals some behavioral, and 2 hour case interview with excel portion. Tests your ability to create data insights from raw numbers.
I interviewed at Alvarez & Marsal (London, England)
Interview
4 rounds, 1 HR, one with wider team, one with hiring manager and one with MD. HR interview was more generic, wider team was to see fit, hiring manager was to see ambitions, MD was broad.
There is an aptitude (Miracle / PACE‑style) test online, plus a case interview and an Excel test from the team (often at the same time). After that, usually two MD interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In your education, what classes or projects have you found most interesting and fun
Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Alvarez & Marsal with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 43 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Alvarez & Marsal overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Alvarez & Marsal as a Analyst according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 16%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 9%
Drug test: 2%
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