I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ERM (New York, NY) in May 2022
Interview
I had an initial phone interview with an HR person and they asked me one "think on your toes question". For my second interview I was then asked to prepare a presentation and that was followed by a Q&A. The second interview was an hour long and asked more basic interview questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you sit down at the table with a client and explain to them something they don't understand.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at ERM in Jul 2026
Interview
Very friendly interview with PM/Principal consultants from the team that was recruiting. Brief phone screen with recruiter, then ~ one month later was the second call with the hiring managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience navigating policy changes in past environmental work; how you stay organized when you have multiple competing deadlines, etc.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ERM (Buenos Aires) in Oct 2025
Interview
1 con HHRR, 2 con el equipo, la segunda con un pequeño ej a resolver sobre una problematica, a resolver con IA o ayuda de algun software. No es muy dificil, es una prueba mas que nada de resolver un conflicto
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ERM (Hong Kong) in Apr 2025
Interview
People from the company were nice. The whole interview duration was around 1 hour. They asked about your previous projects and how you transfer your skills into the position you applied for.
Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at ERM with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ERM overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ERM as a Associate Consultant according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 19%
Background check: 19%
Skills test: 14%
Drug test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
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