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ZürichPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a recruiter screening, followed by an assessment day.

The assessment included a game where I worked through multiple logic puzzles, then later I had five interviews with consultants. Even though it was a single day at the core of it, it felt pretty tightly paced—enough to make the pressure real, but still clear what they were evaluating.

By the time I got through the consultant interviews, I could feel the process had shifted from the puzzle-style thinking into more complete case and behavioral conversations. What stood out to me most was how quickly the rounds built on each other and how much the day focused on whether I could keep my thinking

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