I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Kearney in Sep 2014
Interview
I was shortlisted in the campus recruitment process. Had two rounds of interviews. Behavioral was pretty deep dive but the interviewer did not go in any particular sequence. Sometimes referred to my resume and other times picked points from my answers. But he definitely had areas in his mind and was trying to assess my personality based on my responses.
The second interview was case based and had a simple guesstimate question about a developed country.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was expected to know the population of a country. I thought that it should have been a non-issue but we spent 5 minutes discussing this!!
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Kearney (New York, NY)
Interview
2 to 3 interviews depending on the pipeline you enter from. Most is school hiring; occasionally industry hiring into specific practices. 1st interview will be a phone screen. 2nd interview will be a in person, 2 case interviews, and 3rd will be 3 parts. One will be a behavioral interview, one will be a case interview, and the last will be a case presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interview - always expect the unexpected with case solving interviews
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Kearney
Interview
Had 1st round MBA interview with a senior consultant at the firm. I already knew him since I had networked heavily with the firm so I had already built a rapport previously. Usually they ask fit questions first but he called me the night before and said he wanted to focus on the case as he thought I would already fit in. The case was a shipping case which he had just finished working on - he admitted it was a high level of difficulty and it WAS - I got stuck even though my thought process was clear and structured - even though we knew each other that didn't matter - standards were high and the case was tough.
The 1st round test is basically like the GMAT. Similar questions, and even some were identical. If you can do easy and medium difficulty GMAT questions you will be fine for this test. Time is pressured but most people finish including myself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The case was about shipping immonium nitrate from Ukraine to Ghana. He took about 10min to explain the facts, unlike what all the resources tell you. He didnt let me take notes as he wanted me to listen to the whole case problem. The case was about shipping costs, and operations - whether suppliers could forward integrate to compete with us etc. I hadnt practiced any similar cases to this - quite a unique one.