I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Deloitte (Washington, DC)
Interview
1. Initial Point of Contact, Recruiter Contacted Me.
2. Several days later, phone interview with a hiring manager.
3. A few days after that, a second interview with another hiring manager.
4. The next week, they flew me out to Washington DC for a face to face interview. They purposely pool candidates for different jobs together to give the impression that you are all interviewing for the same position, and then they take you to a small meeting room where you are interviewed by a number of people. I was interviewed by three people -- Another Senior Consultant (Technical Interview), a Hiring Manager (Case Interview), and a Director (Personality Interview). Very friendly people who are knowledgeable in their field.
Turnaround time for a position was very quick -- they got back to me within 24 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Business Case -- A CIO of a multi billion dollar company is unhappy with the firms global IT Help Desk. People have been complaining of slow time to resolution on problems they are having. How would you go about advising the CIO on how he can fix things?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Deloitte (Columbus, OH)
Interview
There was an initial screening followed by two rounds of 4 virtual interviews (8 total). I began the process in early March and it closed in mid June. I was disappointed in the level of communication by the recruiters. For example, for the second round of interviews I was told they were all behavioral but one was a case study on a very niche industry. I was not prepared and ended up winging it. Overall, the process seemed rather disorganized. Interviewers were often late to the calls. One of the interviewers was distracted the whole time. I had to set up two separate online portals. The fact I had to interview 8 different times just to get a “no” seems ridiculous. I expected better from an organization like Deloitte.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a lot of the typical behavioral questions you’d expect. Two of my interviews were case studies.
- Intro of both sides incl. CV presentation
- briefly cultural fit questions like how I like to work with colleagues
- case interview testing structured approach and critical thinking
The process was very structured, beginning with managers, before progressing to a final interview with the partner. The first stages were more analytical, with the final interview being less formal, where it appeared the partner was seeking to finalise the recruitment process.
Senior Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Deloitte with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Consultant roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 620 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Deloitte overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant according to 620 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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