PA Consulting Consultant interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Feb 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for the Consultant role and found the process consistently rigorous, with a long multi-week timeline and lots of testing before the partner rounds.

Recruiter/HR screen — A competency-focused phone interview about my CV, motivations, why PA/consulting, and practicalities like travel flexibility.
Online assessments — Verbal/numerical reasoning and psychometric or personality profiling; in some paths these were completed between stages.
Assessment day (full/part day) — Case-style work and/or group tasks with presentations, plus an additional interview segment tied to fit.
Onsite/face-to-face interviews — Multiple consecutive interviews with peer/consultant leadership and senior leadership; discussions often probed

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