I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied through university recruiting. First-round on-campus interview: brief, standard behavioral questions about personal and past experiences, followed by a simple case (with a few charts). The interviewer was 20-30 minute late for the interview, but apologized once arrived. He left 5-10 minutes at the end answering questions.
Had not heard back until several weeks later. Second-round, half-day interview in Boston office: ~10 people gathering awkwardly in a conference room; interview started with a short GRE-type math test on paper; then followed by lunch with current consultants - thought to be more 1-on-1 style lunch but turned out to be a group with total 5 people, a bit too many for a lunch to know each other; followed by three rounds of interviews with people at different levels in the firm - people were friendly in general (especially partner), but (others) could be much more enthusiastic and welcoming, rather than mechanically asking questions. Cases were largely based on real engagements, some of which were peculiar and less structured. Overall, the vibe of the firm was not a good fit for me.
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Step 1 is a cognitive reasoning test, Step 2 and 3 are 2 video conference interviews and then step 4 is 4 more in person interviews with leaders of the office and division you are applying for
Goed contact gehad met de recruiters, die contact opnemen na het aanmelden. Rondes volgen elkaar snel wat het proces aangenaam maakt en je na de online assessment de interviews binnen twee weken kan hebben afgerond.
I applied in-person. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (Munich, Bavaria) in Mar 2026
Interview
4 Runden: erste Runde online Assessment, zweite Runde case Study Vorbereitung mit allgemeinen bewerbungsfragen, dritte und vierte Runde vor Ort mit case Studys und Brain teaser fragen. Typische Fragen wie warum man in Beratung arbeiten möchte. Nette Mitarbeiter
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Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Simon-Kucher with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 113 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Simon-Kucher overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Simon-Kucher as a Consultant according to 113 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Phone interview: 18%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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