Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Guidehouse with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 127 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Guidehouse overall takes an average of 41 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Guidehouse as a Consultant according to 127 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Guidehouse in Nov 2020
Interview
I applied for Guidehouse's Campus 2021 State & Local Government Consultant role in early September. I heard back two months later early November for a first round interview, which consisted of a 30 minute behavioral interview with two senior consultants. The interview had some standard questions about my resume, my working style and communications style. It also had some more in depth questions, where you had to tell a personal story to get to a good answer. I was contacted a week later for the second round. The second round was the final round, with a case interview, interview with a director, and interview with a partner. The case was very conceptual, no math involved like some other consulting firms. The interview with the partner and director was very conversational, more about learning why you're applying for the role, your long term goals, and for you to ask questions and learn if Guidehouse is a good fit. I received an offer 2 weeks after the final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume. What is your preferred communication style? Tell me about yourself. Why did you choose [x] university. Tell me about a time you had to convince your teammates to follow your decision.
Process very thorough but demanding. Left me on the hook between rounds and then I was treated like an “compliance interview” by the final round. Interviewer was extremely disinterested and seemed to already have their mind made up. The recruiters are disorganized. This place is a joke.
1R technical presentation + 1R behavioral
2R traditional casing interview + 2R behavioral
They give you a prompt for technical presentation prep a week before the interview. For 2R it's a traditional casing interview that gives you a case on the spot. 1R behavioral was with a director, 2R was with a partner at the firm.
They were very professional and prompt, easy to coordinate and clear questions. The process made sense and I got plenty of time to ask questions of my own. I interviewed with two different people.