ClearView Healthcare Partners interview questions

Applied through campus recruiting and was called in for a 45-minute on-campus interview. The interview started out with some standard questions about my background and interest in consulting. The interviewer also asked a couple of questions specifically about issues facing the pharma/biotech industry, which was unique among the boutique firms that I interviewed with. There was also a case, which was fairly straightforward - a market size estimation for a new drug, if I remember correctly. I thought that most phases of the interview went fine, but didn't feel a great vibe with the interviewer, who struck me as kind of cocky (though nice enough). Sure enough, I got a rejection notice a few days later.

On-campus interview, then final round in Clearview office. I was completing a PhD in life sciences. Interviewed on my university campus with a current Clearview consultant with a bunch of fit questions and a basic market sizing question. Made it to in-office round, which was apparently no small feat, since they apparently only invited 10-20% of first-round interviewees. In-office was intense: 4 one-on-one interviews with mid-level and senior partners, and also given 40 or so minutes to trim and rearrange some Powerpoint slides then give a 20-minute presentation to some of the current consultants on those slides. There was also a lunch with current newer consultants and candidates, which was probably evaluative, but at least felt like a break. Most of the interviews involved drug market types of cases, and there were lots of experience questions. Not many of those McKinsey-style "tell me about a time you worked on a team" questions. At least 2 of the interviewers picked apart my resume line-by-line and asked me specific things about it, which was unexpected but refreshing, since in my experience they don't usually even read it. All in all, the in-office interviews felt like they went well, but I didn't end up getting this on - I think that the market for entry-level PhD consulting positions is so competitive this year that there is room for firms of all sizes to turn down people who might have made it through in previous years. It was about 5 days in between interviewing on-campus and being invited to the office, and just over a week in between when I interviewed in-office and when I heard back saying I didn't get the job.