I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Oliver Wyman (New York, NY) in Apr 2014
Interview
I had one informational interview with an HR representative, two back-to-back phone interviews with principles (one case and one behavioral) and three back-to-back interviews in the NY office with partners (two case and one behavioral). One of the final round case interviews was a panel interview where I had 45min to prepare and then had to present my answer to a partner and a principal. I was able to leverage general case interview frameworks for this one. The other case interview was more of a brain teaser only requiring logical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an entrenched process at your old job that you were able to change
Sehr freundliche Gespräche, insgesamt vier, zwei mit Case-Studies, leider reicht ein Nein schon aus, dass es nicht in die nächste Runde geht, auch wenn die anderen drei ein ja gegeben haben. Überraschenderweise wurden von einer Person auch viele Fragen zum Industrie-Wissen gestellt, evtl. weil ich bereits Berufserfahrung habe - war aber nicht in der Industrie. Macht also ggf. auch Sinn sich vorab nochmal über Trends und Hot Topics in der jeweiligen Industrie zu belesen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Marktgröße abschätzen für den Einsatz von Robotern in chinesischen Fabriken bezogen auf eine vorgegebene spezfische Industrie
2 Classic case interviews
2 Classic behavioural
...They want to see you are capable of doing the job which was the private capital team so CDDs. They want to see how you reason in terms of the investment mindset
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please describe to me a time when you disagreed with your coworkers or faced negative feedback
Interviewed, received the offer, and then was offered the role. Was asked to complete a background check and onboarding, but they did not follow through with the offer and did not let me start the background check.
