Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Kearney as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Business Analyst and Summer Internship rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Business Analyst and Summer Internship roles were rated as the easiest.
In general the test before getting an interview was quite hard, GMAT-like split into several sections. You obtain a short overview of the exam from HR department before taking the actual test, however the time given - amount of questions is really extreme.
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Case-style interview, should definitely know economics and business knowledge terms and basics.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kearney (New York, NY) in Oct 2012
Interview
Three interviews with Partners and Principals, all in person. There were multiple informal interactions via phone and on-campus events. The firm made multiple consultants available to practice cases and clarify any questions regarding what is like to be a consultant. HR handles all the logistics and scheduling of interviews and phone calls which makes it very ease for candidates.
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Question 1
Case based interviews where you are asked to solve a business issue. Questions were related on a turnaround situation for a auto maker, second case was related to product strategy for a fashion retailer, and last was related to capacity optimization at a manufacturing plant. All questions had a strong math component, but interviewers will push hard once you get through the math part for you to be creative in bringing in qualitative answers. There are multiple fit questions at the end where they try to assess whether you would fit well within the culture of the firm.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Kearney (Melbourne) in Aug 2016
Interview
We applied first for the case challenge, which was a full day of problem solving in teams of 4. There were 16 of us at the case interview, then 6 of us made it through to final round interviews.
The final interviews were 2 back to back 40 minute interviews, each interview was half behavioural and half case interview style.
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Question 1
When was a time you had to build personal relationships to achieve something?