Two rounds of interviews with three 1h interviews in each round.
The first round consisted of a standard personality/fit interview, a qualitative case interview, and a quantitative case interview. For the personality interview, I had friends rejected because they did not really connect to the firm - so make sure you understand what S& focus on - i.e. commercial due diligences and strategy work. Understand the difference between strategy consulting and management consulting, and that CDDs often are short intense projects while strategy work often is more in-depth, and then incorporate those facts into why you want to join S& and not any other consultancy. The qualitative case was a very standard interview-led M&A case, do some standard case practice and you will be perfectly prepared. The quantitative case had a pretty difficult guesstimate - so you might want to practice some wild structured estimations. It also had a pretty easy but tedious part where I had to do a bunch of multiplications for 30 minutes. They test for speed and accuracy, but the calculations were not advanced.
The partner round was much more personality-oriented. Lighter cases in the last 15 mins of each interview (one guesstimate, one industry outlook discussion, one standard case).
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Strategy& (Milano)
Colloquio
Colloquio con HR + 3 business case: 1 sizing + 2 casi strutturati in ambito Financial Discipline (ossia quella in cui sarei stato inserito).
Casi fatti con manager, director e un partner
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Strategy& (München, Bavaria)
Colloquio
Super angenehme und wirklich interessierte Interviewer, mit denen man super connecten kann. Habe ich bei MBB anders erlebt. Klassisches Consulting Interview mit Personal fit und Case Study. Der Prozess mit allen 3 Runden ist remote und an einem Tag erledigt, inklusive Vertragsangebot, welches man direkt am selben Tag erhält. Ein Interview ist auf Englisch.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Klassiche Personal Fit Fragen (Schwierige Situationen gehandelt, Gruppe geführt, warum Consulting, warum S&...)
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite l'università. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Strategy& (Beirut) nel mese di dic 2025
Colloquio
The interview process took significantly longer than expected, and communication throughout was slow and inconsistent. Updates were infrequent, and response times made it difficult to stay engaged. A more structured timeline and clearer communication would greatly improve the candidate experience.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Market sizing for the recreational drone industry in the UAE.