I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Slalom (Portland, OR) in Apr 2015
Interview
The interview process consisted of several round of conversational questions asking about my experience and how i would handle various situations that might arise with clients. A couple of things stood out. First, the people at Slalom are very friendly, considerate, outgoing individuals that are looking for people with that same disposition. I have worked with numerous consultants with the big management consulting firms, and the consultants and leadership at Slalom are friendlier and more down to earth. The second thing that I noticed is that even if they are interested in you, they tend to wait to staff you until they have a position with a client for you to fill. So after five or six rounds of formal and informal interviews, I was given a tentative offer letter, but it took about another three months before I was finally brought on board. Had I not of already been employed this would have been a very frustrating experience, but as I understood the reason behind this, I was not worried about it, I only asked that I be given enough notice of a start date that I could let my current employer have the same consideration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Making a transition from industry (where I had done internal consulting) to a management consulting company, I was asked a lot of questions asking me to explain how and why I would make a good consultant. So if this is your situation, be ready to address this, because it will be asked.
Mostly standard consulting interview questions: ask about your past work experience, what were the difficulties and how you overcame these difficulties, etc. Overall process took a little bit longer than expected due to difficulty to get interviewers' availability.
Recruiter screening focused on background and fit, followed by a hiring manager interview assessing technical and consulting skills, and a final director round evaluating strategic thinking, communication, and overall alignment.
I applied online. I interviewed at Slalom (Santa Monica, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
Initial HR interview then interview with hiring manager and then never heard again from the company. Reached out multiple times for follow up on whether moving forward or not, and never got a response. Job posting still on.
Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Slalom with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 84% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 512 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Slalom overall takes an average of 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Slalom as a Consultant according to 512 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 25%
Drug test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
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