I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Mercer in May 2021
Interview
Spoke with recruiter on the phone first followed by hiring manager and case interview with team managers. Since the role is consulting, it'd be good to have some understanding of what consultants do and relate your answers to project management context.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mercer
Interview
After submitting a resume, I received a HireVue application which consisted of 3-5 questions (answers were recorded in response). After passing the HireVue, I received an invitation to Superday, where I had two behavioral interviews, a case study, and an informal peer chat interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
[If you are currently lacking technical skills], how do you account for that/make up for the lack of knowledge in that area?
Career consulting-oriented case study, which provides options to present back to the interviewer, but it is best to provide your own unique rationale. The case is brief and more qualitative than quantitative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To be creative with proposals / think outside the box
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Mercer in Jan 2023
Interview
1hr phone screen + 1 behavioural + 1 case interview (take home) + back-to-back with 3 to 4 people (mostly behavioural, nothing too technical but will grill you on the details of your projects)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the most technical/complex statistical project?
Senior Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Mercer with 3 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 68.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Analyst roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mercer overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mercer as a Senior Analyst according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 19%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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