4 interviews: - A 30 minute phone interview with a consultant - Two one hour zoom calls with a senior consultant and director, each including a 30-ish minute test scenario -A 3 hour "Business Case Study" with a principal and an MD The first three are screeners for the final interview. I had very positive experiences with each of the first three consultants and with their recruiters, all of whom were friendly and engaging, and all of whom I was excited about the prospect of working with. At the end of the third interview I discussed compensation; the range they provided would have required me to take a pay cut, but I had enough of a positive impression to at least check out the next round. For the "Business Case Study" you're given a one page scenario with very few details and have two hours to give a presentation to senior leaders, who roleplay as clients. Despite having applied to the general consultant role, not the change management consultant, I was given an entirely change management-based scenario. If the approach the two interviewers took to their roles is representative of their client relationships, I may have dodged a bullet. They were adversarial from the beginning and dragged what was meant to be a 30-40 minute presentation into nearly 75 minutes. Afterwards, the reason the recruiter provided for not extending an offer was that I didn't provide enough of the requested details, leaving out that I wasn't able to address them because the interview dragged past 6PM and one of the interviewers had to leave to handle childcare. All in all, I appreciate how thorough the process is, and I can certainly see the value in having prospective consultants demonstrate their client-facing skills. On the other hand, I can't imagine what value there is in handing someone a laughably vague scenario that's entirely outside their past experience and approaching the interview with hostility. As another interviewee noted, win, lose or draw I don't think this was worth the 6-7 hours of my time I sank into it. The last interview left enough of a sour taste in my mouth that I certainly wouldn't have taken a pay cut to join the firm.