I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (San Francisco, CA) in May 2016
Interview
The interview process involved a math exam followed by lunch with a peer and then 3 case studies with various managers and partners at the company.
I interviewed in San Francisco and wore a professional work dress since SKP is an established, traditional consulting company. All of the consultants in the office were dressed in business casual: guys wore plaid shirts and jeans, girls wore black yoga pants and flowy tops.
They scheduled me to interview in a conference room with only a really low couch all day (no table). The managing director could tell that I was extremely uncomfortable sitting at such a low couch in a skirt so he moved the rest of my interviews to other conference rooms with tables, which I was extremely grateful for.
TLDR - if you're female, wear pants!
They said that a consultant is eligible for promotion every 6 months but I couldn't get a good read if that is the norm or just promotional talk. Also, consultants only get paid monthly and I wasn't feeling confident how I could successfully restructure all of my payment obligations around that pay cycle.
I really liked the recruiter I worked with even though she was based on the East Coast, so we had a lot of early morning conversations. I tried negotiating the salary offered, but it wasn't substantially more than what I was currently making.
I ended up turning down the offer because I wasn't sure my traditional public enterprise experience best fit their transformative startup clients; I didn't truly understand what I would actually be doing there as a consultant (only mention of travel and client types - not of any actual work or projects like statistical modeling, presentations, solutions architecture, etc.); I was unsure about the accessibility of promotions (like what % of consultants are actually promoted or receive a bonus), and the pay offered wasn't more than my full compensation at my current company, so I didn't feel like changing just to make a change.
Step 1 is a cognitive reasoning test, Step 2 and 3 are 2 video conference interviews and then step 4 is 4 more in person interviews with leaders of the office and division you are applying for
Goed contact gehad met de recruiters, die contact opnemen na het aanmelden. Rondes volgen elkaar snel wat het proces aangenaam maakt en je na de online assessment de interviews binnen twee weken kan hebben afgerond.
I applied in-person. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Simon-Kucher (Munich, Bavaria) in Mar 2026
Interview
4 Runden: erste Runde online Assessment, zweite Runde case Study Vorbereitung mit allgemeinen bewerbungsfragen, dritte und vierte Runde vor Ort mit case Studys und Brain teaser fragen. Typische Fragen wie warum man in Beratung arbeiten möchte. Nette Mitarbeiter