PA Consulting Consultant interview experience (2021)

PA Consulting Consultant interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Jan 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Consultant role at PA Consulting with an early automated step, followed by written/assessment-style tasks; overall it felt medium difficulty and somewhat impersonal at first.

Online automated screen — an online service asked a set of generic questions with strict time limits (short reading and response windows).
Video cover letter + assessment exercises — a separate version of the journey required uploading a video addressing multiple prompts, then moving into the usual exercises including brief market-sizing-style thinking at a high level.
Interviews on the day — standard interview conversations tied to motivation and competency, with additional short sizing questions in at least one version. Outcome: I didn’t move forward, and my takeaway

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PA Consulting Consultant interview experience

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