I seriously regret not checking Glassdoor and Reddit before applying — I would’ve saved myself a ton of wasted time. Here’s the rundown:
1. Every single person applying for the Strategy role gets sent a case study — no screening, no conversation, just straight to the assignment.
2. The case is massive: spreadsheets, 16 voice call transcripts, and you’re expected to turn that into a polished 4-page strategy summary.
3. Based on every review on Glassdoor, Reddit, and X, it’s the same impersonal process for every Strategy & Ops applicant.
4. It takes at least a full day, but I poured three days into it — building out thoughtful analysis and a detailed strategy report.
5. What do you get after all that? An instant auto-rejection. No feedback, no human contact, no acknowledgment that someone even read it.
Honestly, it feels like free consulting work masked as hiring — and they’re wasting people’s time without a second thought.
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Please spend the next 15 hours analyzing this case so we can reject you
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Clipboard in May 2023
Interview
Initial outreach to review company collateral and completed case study quickly. Request to discuss on the phone was answered with automated message that this would happen after case study was reviewed.
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Once you've completed the case, please submit your response as a written document via the link below.
Candidates applying for Consultant - Strategy & Operations roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Clipboard overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Clipboard as a Consultant - Strategy & Operations according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 25%
Presentation: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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