I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (New York, NY) in Oct 2019
Interview
Very cordial interview unlike other MBB interviews I have attended. The interviewers (both rounds) sounded like "humans" who genuinely wanted me to succeed. Both rounds were 30-45 mins long and consisted of brief introductions, "walk me through your CV" type questions followed by a case
You first submit an online application. If successful, you are invited to do psychometric tests online. Thereafter, you will be invited to different rounds of case interviews with different people in the business.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which one of our clients would you like to work with?
Management Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Simon-Kucher with 3 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.
Candidates applying for Management Consultant roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Management Consultant according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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