PA Consulting Group Interview Questions
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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.
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Interview Questions & Answers - PA Consulting Group Examples
Managing Consultant Interview - Strategy
In addition, during the case study a change was implemented at the start. This was quite unnerving as it meant that the original hypothesis was thrown out of the window. I was given 20 minutes to prepare a new analysis based on the information provided at the start of the interview.
Strategy Consultant Interview - Strategy
The next round covered an inperson assessment where they sent a financial statement 1 week in advance and asked me to create some slides to go through in 30minutes regarding management concerns. It was quite difficult not having financial experience but a few courses would help and all the concerns were in the first few pages. AT the interview you review this and they say they want some changes based on an email. The second part of this round covered more behavioural based questions and also a surprise market sizing - how many containers would be needed to fit all the bananas eaten in the UK in a single day. I did not pass this due to nerves which messed with my maths.
The next round would have been 3-4 cases and a lunch with associates. I was not invited back due to poor performance in the market sizing section.
Another question they asked was - what are 3 qualities which my friends would say that I have in myself. This was rather unexpected as well. There were some other questions regarding how I have dealt with a difficult team situation, how I have managed other peers, how have I dealt with a complex solution and presented it to a client.
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