Resume interviews
Typical Interview questions:
- So, tell me about yourself.
- What are your weaknesses?
- What are your strengths?
- Your grades – please comment?
- Why do you want to join this firm?
- Why are you interested in management consulting?
- Are you prepared to drop everything and travel?
- What do you think consulting is?
- What in your background qualifies you to be a consultant?
- If I should remember one thing about you, what should it be?
- What are you expecting to do if you join us?
- Why are you the best person for the job?
- How do you have fun?
- What do you value in a teammate?
- Do you consider yourself ethical – tell me about an ethical dilemma you have faced?
- Can you keep a professional secret?
- Are we your top choice?
- Who else have you applied to?
- Tell me about a story you have been following in the press
- What are you prepared to do to get this job?
- If you were me, why would you hire you?
- Do you do community service?
- What is wrong with academia, why do you want to leave?
- Tell me about a time you:
- Led
- Worked in a team
- Failed
- Learnt something
- Had to convince someone
- Needed to obtain some hard to find information