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Built from 1 candidate report with 2 first-hand accounts, covering 2020-21.

Hiring process

2020-21 · Placement

1
Aptitude test
quantitative aptitude · verbal reasoning · logical reasoning
2
Other round
Telephonic interview
virtualeliminatory
resume · why consulting · guesstimate · procurement and supply chain basics · job profile knowledge
One account says shortlisted onward on strength of framework despite missing items.
3
Case interview
open-ended cases · assumptions · numerical analysis · opportunity cost
Described as the toughest round; ample thinking time and one may ask for more information.
4
HR interview
Final round: HR plus guesstimates
virtual
resume projects · why consulting not core · guesstimates
One account: final round was telephonic after Teams connection issues at the company end; other: projects plus a guesstimate.

8 pieces of advice, in their own words. Names removed.

They are looking for well structured arguments and knowing our thought process. Make sure that you keep explaining the reasons for each assumption made and proceed to develop a framework.
interview · 2020-21
The ideal way would’ve been to break profits into revenue and cost and then keep breaking each into revenue streams and types of costs.
Telephonic interview · 2020-21
Look for typical Case Interviews and ways and approaches to solve them. Youtube has a good enough content to understand this.
Case interview · 2020-21
Make sure your listed projects can be connected to something a consulting firm might do.
resume · 2020-21

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The kind of problem, not the problem itself. Our practice questions are written to match these patterns.