Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at ZS Associates 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 87.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate 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 ZS Associates overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ZS Associates as a Associate Consultant according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at ZS Associates (Princeton, NJ) in Mar 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter via linkedin who then set up a phone screen. Basic phone screen questions like "Tell me about a project you worked on recently?" They are looking for you to describe a complex project by breaking it down into simple components.
Went through the typical HR call in the initial stage; I felt that the interviewer was disinterested, but still proceeded to mention that the team will schedule an interview with me by end of the week.
I followed up a week after when they initially mentioned I can anticipate to hear back from the team. The process entailed 2 stages, with the initial stage online, and the second stage in person.
Interview comprised of 5 rounds,
1) HR phone screen for role alignment
2)Technical discussion with Senior Consultant (tools, data engineering/SQL)
3)Hiring Manager round (technical + behavioral)
4)Project presentation on an end-to-end pipeline (with Senior Manager & Associate Principal)
5) Final discussion with Principal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the project you worked on where you created an end-to-end data pipeline
It was very streamlined and structured. Three rounds and the first round was the most difficult one, this was followed by a case study and two rounds testing my technical capability followed by a fitment round.