I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mars & Co (Greenwich, CT) in Nov 2011
Interview
I applied through my university career services. The first round consisted of two 1:1 interviews with a Senior Associate Consultant and a Managing Director. Both started with the typical behavior questions which was then followed by a market sizing question. The questions were not too difficult, however, they did question my assumptions to pressure me a bit in defending my answer.
The second (and final) round was at their Greenwich office, an hour from Manhattan. I had three back-to-back interviews for a total of 3 hours. They were all with very senior executive people (VPs, Sr. VPs). Again, each asked me a couple of fit questions but the interview was mainly focused on the market sizing questions. and brainteasers. The questions were definitely unusual, and I thought, pretty challenging.
Overall, you need to be very quantitative to enjoy and have success in their interviews. Most of the employees have some sort of engineering or mathematics background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you prefer to work in a small company or a large firm? Why?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mars & Co (New York, NY) in Dec 2024
Interview
Fairly straightforward. 30 minute screening call followed by a 3 hour superday with cases and behavioral questions. The interviewers were all personable and on the younger side. There were no senior-level interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work at Mars as opposed to other strategy firms?
Behavioral interview. Questions asked: why consulting? why Mars & Co? Tell me about a time when... what are you looking for in your next role? The first step is a 20 minute screening call.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mars & Co (New York, NY) in Sep 2024
Interview
3 hour ‘Superday’ with 2 partners and an analyst. 2/3 were casing interviews. Was pretty good - not your typical framework case model sounded a bit made up on the spot was pretty good.
Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Mars & Co with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 45 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mars & Co overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mars & Co as a Associate Consultant according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 34%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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