I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Korn Ferry (Paris)
Interview
Rapide efficace
Entretien très classique sans difficulté majeure qui chercher à mettre en avant la personnalité du candidat. Pas de questionsouci piege.
Entretien avec plusieurs personnes pour les premières étapes et par plusieurs personnes il faut entendre plusieurs personnes de chez korn.korn ferry. Ensuite ils.organisent des entretiens individuals en.fonction des.personnes clés à rencontrer.
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Korn Ferry (Prague) in Jan 2026
Interview
It’s three stages of interview, a logic and english testing, then an excel and competencies interview while you have to roleplay different situations according to the job position. Also could be included a customer service task like replying a email.
some great people, som not so great. a mix bag really.
unlucky that I dealt with the wrong partner there who had zero understanding of people from other background to himself
Several rounds of interviews with different levels: personal interview, case study, partner interview, peer interview
Everything fairly average. HR in UK, average experience, a bit pushy but okay. Unfortunately HR is centralized
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Personal fit questions, case study, english skills
Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Korn Ferry with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Korn Ferry overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Korn Ferry as a Consultant according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 2%
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