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While there's no set list, businesses are pretty clear about qualities they like to see demonstrated by their employees and applicants. Generally, a consultant interviewer is looking for evidence of confidence, communication skills, your ability to gain a client's trust, overall leadership skills, and knowledge of your subject matter to name a few. There are generally two types of consulting interview questions: fit — designed to find out about your personal experience, motivation, and soft skills, and case — designed to assess your analytical consulting skills.

Top Consultant Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Why do you want to work for this firm?

How to answer
How to answer: This question is asked to reveal your motivation for choosing a specific organization and to test your knowledge of the industry. Research the firm you're interviewing with and make sure to highlight some of your key points of interest. Additionally, mention any ways in which the company's values align with your own.
Question 2

Question #2: Give an example of a time you lead a team.

How to answer
How to answer: To answer this question, choose an experience in which you made a meaningful impact while managing or working with others. Provide context regarding the situation and objective, describe your leadership role, what actions you took, the outcome of those actions, and what you learned about yourself during the process.
Question 3

Question #3: How would you help a local cafe recover from a sharp profitability decline?

How to answer
How to answer: Breaking down complex business problems is one of the hallmarks of consulting. For questions like this, there's no universal framework — you'll have to create your own. Ask questions, define the problem clearly, create Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) categories, show how you would analyze each category, and define your next steps.

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No traditional business cases. They'll ask questions about experience and relationships with others you've worked with. They'll want to know if you're open to travel and are likely to stay with them for several years at least. They're looking for calm confidence, the ability to take charge, and they will want to have a sense that it will be fun to work with you.
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Senior Consultant

Interviewed at UMT

3.2★
Apr 4, 2014

No traditional business cases. They'll ask questions about experience and relationships with others you've worked with. They'll want to know if you're open to travel and are likely to stay with them for several years at least. They're looking for calm confidence, the ability to take charge, and they will want to have a sense that it will be fun to work with you.

Since I'm a fresher in this industry, i had revised all the airport and city codes the night before the 2nd round of interview, but the questions asked to me were to name any 5 cities in USA and name any 5 schengen countries etc. Though i knew the answers, I completely blanked out and could name only 2-3 cities and royally screwed up the interview, lol.

Travel Consultant ( Mumbai, India)

Interviewed at Griffin Marine Travel

3.6★
Sep 22, 2014

Since I'm a fresher in this industry, i had revised all the airport and city codes the night before the 2nd round of interview, but the questions asked to me were to name any 5 cities in USA and name any 5 schengen countries etc. Though i knew the answers, I completely blanked out and could name only 2-3 cities and royally screwed up the interview, lol.

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