Skip to contentSkip to footer

Consultant Interview Questions

Salaries
Interviews

Consultant Interview Questions

Although there is no set list, businesses are quite 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, which is designed to find out about your personal experience, motivation and soft skills; and case, which is designed to assess your analytical consulting skills.

Top Consultant Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question No. 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 organisation and to test your knowledge of the industry. Research the firm you are interviewing with and make sure you 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 No. 2: Give an example of a time when 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 No. 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 is no universal framework, so you will have to create your own. Ask questions; define the problem clearly; create Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) categories; show how you would analyse each category; and define your next steps.

187,592 consultant interview questions shared by candidates

IQ test was online where 50 questions need to be solved it in 12 Mins, where 20 min question should be correct.. Are your serious??? With more then 6 year of exp who invested time for IQ which is actually an apti test.. Guyz you are looking for tech not for IS entrance exam. if a guy has been short-listed by you that is based on his exp not on IQ.
avatar

SOA Consultant

Interviewed at Nagarro

3.9★
Dec 20, 2017

IQ test was online where 50 questions need to be solved it in 12 Mins, where 20 min question should be correct.. Are your serious??? With more then 6 year of exp who invested time for IQ which is actually an apti test.. Guyz you are looking for tech not for IS entrance exam. if a guy has been short-listed by you that is based on his exp not on IQ.

Viewing 1 - 10 interview questions

Glassdoor has 187,592 interview questions and reports from Consultant interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.