Simon-Kucher Consultant interview experience

That day was a real sprint: three one-hour interviews scheduled back-to-back, each with different seniority. The format stayed fairly consistent—fit questions paired with a case—and I remember meeting a senior consultant, then a director, and finally a partner. The conversations weren’t overly formal, but the bar felt firm and the work leaned into consulting-style thinking.

Across those rounds, the case side leaned heavily on pricing and strategy. At one point I went into the case without much idea what to expect, because I hadn’t done case interviews before; the interviewer was friendly and