I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
Been interviewed by two people at the same time, one is partner and the other is a manager. The interview generally take 1 hour long and it starts with going through your CV for 5 minutes, then you can ask them what they want you to expand on. Afterwards, there is a generic case interview about broadcasting industry, and i did alright to get the right answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What did you do in this role, why did you do it?
What do you think about teamwork?
1st Round - 10 minute behavioral followed by 30min case interview
2nd Round - This was a super day where you had 3 interviews just like the 1st round. The cases were definitely harder and you would interview with Partners or Managing Directors.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a current trend you see in the world today?
Summer Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Simon-Kucher with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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