I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at OC&C Strategy Consultants (London, England) in Feb 2014
Interview
After standard online testing, I was invited to interview - both rounds were condensed into one day (they would typically be a week apart).
Morning: test on laptops. Different to usual psychometric testing as they had designed their own test which assessed numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning etc. I believe this is new for them, but if you perform well on normal psychometric testing, you should be fine. 2 30-minute case study interviews, both with a market sizing element.
I was then sent away for two hours to wait for a call informing me whether I would be progressing to the afternoon session.
Afternoon: 2 45-minute case study interviews, this time with partners. Again, market sizing elements in both, but these longer interviews allowed more time to explore the strategy side.
I interviewed at OC&C Strategy Consultants (New York, NY)
Interview
pretty chill. very case heavy, not a lot of behaviorals (although still be ready with a few story plus tell me about yourself and why). Cases were a lot of thinking and the interviewers were so nice and really seemed to care
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A few cases with varying level of reasoning and math
I interviewed at OC&C Strategy Consultants (Paris)
Interview
Test psychotechnique
1er round : 2 entretiens Fit+cas dont 1 en anglais
2ème tour : 2 entretiens partner fit + cas
Les interviewers sont très sympathiques et les retours sont fait rapidement
I applied online. I interviewed at OC&C Strategy Consultants (London, England)
Interview
Online application, online test, in person case studies (market sizing plus one other) and final round was partner interviews which were part fit (motivation, prior experience etc) and part technical (more abstract / candidate-led cases)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prioritise the rollout of a new telecom product in Brazil?
Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at OC&C Strategy Consultants with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 67 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at OC&C Strategy Consultants overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at OC&C Strategy Consultants as a Associate Consultant according to 67 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 1%
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