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While there's no set list, businesses are pretty clear about qualities they like to see demonstrated by their employees and applicants. Generally, a consultant interviewer is looking for evidence of confidence, communication skills, your ability to gain a client's trust, overall leadership skills, and knowledge of your subject matter to name a few. There are generally two types of consulting interview questions: fit — designed to find out about your personal experience, motivation, and soft skills, and case — designed to assess your analytical consulting skills.

Top Consultant Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Why do you want to work for this firm?

How to answer
How to answer: This question is asked to reveal your motivation for choosing a specific organization and to test your knowledge of the industry. Research the firm you're interviewing with and make sure to highlight some of your key points of interest. Additionally, mention any ways in which the company's values align with your own.
Question 2

Question #2: Give an example of a time you lead a team.

How to answer
How to answer: To answer this question, choose an experience in which you made a meaningful impact while managing or working with others. Provide context regarding the situation and objective, describe your leadership role, what actions you took, the outcome of those actions, and what you learned about yourself during the process.
Question 3

Question #3: How would you help a local cafe recover from a sharp profitability decline?

How to answer
How to answer: Breaking down complex business problems is one of the hallmarks of consulting. For questions like this, there's no universal framework — you'll have to create your own. Ask questions, define the problem clearly, create Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) categories, show how you would analyze each category, and define your next steps.

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15 minutes to receive the business case and have basic explanations. 3 tasks to perform, with 90 minutes preparation, and then a presentation of 15 minutes. business case: account opening process in a bank. task 1: provide the activity diagramm, using their tool (easy to use, a 5 min tutorial is available). task2: provide a mockup of the input data screen, using their tool (also easy to use, with a tutorial) task3: provide the Work Breakdown Structure of such a small project.
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Senior Consultant

Interviewed at Appway

3.6★
Aug 12, 2016

15 minutes to receive the business case and have basic explanations. 3 tasks to perform, with 90 minutes preparation, and then a presentation of 15 minutes. business case: account opening process in a bank. task 1: provide the activity diagramm, using their tool (easy to use, a 5 min tutorial is available). task2: provide a mockup of the input data screen, using their tool (also easy to use, with a tutorial) task3: provide the Work Breakdown Structure of such a small project.

1. Personal Background 2. Educational Background 3.Motivation to work in a Human Resource Industry 4. Motivation to work in HRnet One. 5. Strengths & Weaknesses 5. Greatest accomplishments 6. Greatest challenge and how did you overcome it. 7. Past working experiences Etc...
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Consultant

Interviewed at HRnet One

2.9★
May 17, 2017

1. Personal Background 2. Educational Background 3.Motivation to work in a Human Resource Industry 4. Motivation to work in HRnet One. 5. Strengths & Weaknesses 5. Greatest accomplishments 6. Greatest challenge and how did you overcome it. 7. Past working experiences Etc...

Why do you want to work here and why do you think you can be good at it. Where do you see yourself in ten years. Do you enjoy management? What did you major in, what school? What was my GPA and who did I know from there that wanted flooring.
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Lead Consultant

Interviewed at GP Flooring Solutions

4.1★
Aug 26, 2017

Why do you want to work here and why do you think you can be good at it. Where do you see yourself in ten years. Do you enjoy management? What did you major in, what school? What was my GPA and who did I know from there that wanted flooring.

There is a boat which has a capacity of 100 kg.There are 4 person with weight 50,50,100 & 100 kg on one side of the river.If they have to cross the river on boat then what is the minimum no. of round they will take to cross the river?
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Travel Consultant

Interviewed at TravelTriangle

4★
Jan 21, 2017

There is a boat which has a capacity of 100 kg.There are 4 person with weight 50,50,100 & 100 kg on one side of the river.If they have to cross the river on boat then what is the minimum no. of round they will take to cross the river?

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