I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (Luxembourg) in Feb 2012
Interview
The application/interview process for the intern role was very straightforward for me, containing just two 45 min phone interviews upon sending in a CV and cover letter. The nature of the conversation was very friendly and not intimidating. The interview was mainly structured in an informal conversation about my previous experience and skills relevant to the job as well as the reason for applying to consultancy/SKP and then a numeric and pricing theory question in each case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question that took me off guard the most was pertaining to the angel between both arms on an analogue clock at 14.45. Most difficult would be my view as to how to boost profits using a pricing strategy
Ich hatte insgesamt drei Interviews. Im ersten Interview sollte ich die Go-to-Market-Strategie eines Unternehmens recherchieren und präsentieren. Die beiden weiteren Interviews waren klassische Case Interviews. Insgesamt waren die Gespräche sehr angenehm. Die Cases waren fair und inhaltlich auf die Expertise von SK abgestimmt.
2 rounds. 1 case interview first round with some behavioral sprinkled in and immediately moved to final round. 3 case interviews final round with behavioral in each of the interviews
1 interview first round and 3 interview final. Typical consulting first round, but final round had more uncommon cases, including a bit of brainteasing, unseen data visualization plots, and very uncommon business case. More emphasis on your ability to think mathematically and extract insights from data. Hard to prepare for these final round interviews. Not your typical case