Tom Spencer(Source: Flickr) The Donald has announced his intention to run for the White House in 2016 on a ticket to “Make America Great Again!”. At this stage it’s unclear whether he will run for office or not because he has flirted with running in the past and then not done so. Whatever happens though, the take away lesson at […]
(Source: Flickr) Brainteasers are another kind of question that you might confront in consulting interviews. They are likely to be tricky and to require “out of the box” thinking. Why do interviewers ask brainteasers? Well, since clients can sometimes ask questions which have no immediate or obvious answer, the goal of the brainteaser is to assess […]
(Source: Flickr) In consulting interviews, the interviewer may quiz you on your quantitative skills with one or two short maths questions. Below we outline six (6) sample math questions to give you an idea of what to expect: What is 13 x 13? What percentage is 5 of 42? The total smart phone market is $900 […]
(Source: Flickr) The guesstimate question (market sizing or other) is one of the types of question you are likely to encounter in consulting interviews. Below we list twenty three (23) sample guesstimate questions broken down by question type. Population Questions How many births are there in America each day? How many petrol stations are there […]
(Source: Flickr) A guesstimate question can be approached by breaking a question down into smaller pieces by asking the interviewer questions and making a series of narrowing assumptions. You can break a question down either by starting big (e.g. making an assumption about the total population) or starting small (e.g. making assumptions about the average household […]