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KenyaPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got through to a very interview-heavy stage where the structure was consistent: five interviews total, each combining a case study and a PEI portion.

The case component took about 40 minutes, followed by roughly 15 minutes for PEI.

Of the five interviews, three were with manager-level interviewers and two were with partner-level interviewers. I noticed that the difficulty stayed consistent across levels, so it didn’t feel like partner rounds were dramatically different in format—more like they were applying the same standard with different authority.

By the end of all five, I got an offer. What I found most challenging was sustaining clarity across repeated case-and-PEI cycles, because the format didn’t let me reset mentally between

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