PA Consulting Business Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The interview journey I experienced was fast in terms of scheduling but heavy in content, with multiple rounds stacked one after another.

I started with an on-campus behavioral interview with a principal, and shortly after I was flown to another location for the final-stage interviews. The final round began with something surprisingly human—free lunch with employees—before shifting into a more demanding sequence.

I went into a structured set of rounds that included a group case interview with a small team, followed by several behavioral interviews split across different interviewers. There was also an abrupt writing portion: I had to produce an essay/write-up within a tight timeframe, and it caught me off guard because it felt

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