Quick Release Consultant Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process started with an online assessment, followed by an assessment center, then a competency-based (case study style) interview, and finally a final round. The assessment center, which felt like the first round, was a waste of time for a bottom-tier consultancy. It was insulting to expect us, especially chemical engineering students with better things to do in mid-November, to dedicate a whole day to it. While the group discussion and technical assessment parts were enjoyable, the introductory presentation was a joke. Asking us to do a menti-meter quiz like 'If you could transform into an animal, what animal would you be?' is more appropriate for a boring social gathering, not a professional interview.

This was a bit of a waste of time, honestly. They required a lot of work upfront from a huge number of candidates. First, there was a CV screening. Then, an online assessment on Test Gorilla that took me about 1.5 hours, covering communication (situations, emails), numerical reasoning (sequences, graphs, ratios, percentages), working with data (graphs, statements), and problem-solving (schedules, sequences). After that, a pre-recorded interview where questions appeared on screen. You could take as much time as you needed to prepare, had 3 takes for each 1-minute answer, and questions included introductions, interest in the company, customer-facing experience, handling a rude senior engineer, self-taught skills, and personal interests. Next was an online assessment involving individual presentations on any topic and a team exercise to decide on an Olympics budget. There was also a technical exercise that was very hard, involving Excel with car parts, errors, their effects, and supplier correspondence, requiring you to fill out a template with comments. The HR people were nice, but the folks in the breakout rooms for the group exercise seemed disengaged. They promised individual feedback but sent a generic rejection email and didn't respond to requests for specifics. They also advertised the job as being in London, but it turned out to be mainly in random offices around the UK, which was very misleading.

I really want feedback. It's a really small company, though. The people are nice and the process is engaging, so I recommend applying if you're curious. Note: They couldn't give a clear answer about how many consultants they have worldwide, which I thought was odd. They seem like great people and a good growth opportunity in the short-term, but someone asked them about AI implications for their business model and they didn't have a strong answer. They might get bought out or go under because of LLMs in a few years. The assessment center round is a massive time commitment, especially since so few people moved on and it's unpaid.