Third Bridge Associate (Consulting Clients) interview questions

The interview process started off well, with a professional and organized team of external recruiters. I was contacted about both roles—I didn’t apply—so it was clear the recruiters saw something in my background that aligned with their needs. However, things went downhill once I reached the first interview with a member of the internal team. I interviewed for the same role in two different locations, and despite that, I was assigned the same interviewer for both. Unfortunately, her behavior in both interviews was consistently unprofessional. She arrived late, appeared disengaged, and was visibly uninterested, even twirling her hair during our conversation. From the moment she joined, it was clear I wasn’t being seriously considered. What made matters worse was that both interviews were essentially identical, despite being for roles in different states. She rigidly stuck to the same SOAR questions, with no nuance or meaningful follow-up, making the second interview feel like a frustrating repeat of the first. To add to the unprofessionalism, during the second interview, she paused for five minutes to check with her team after I pointed out that we had already spoken, as if she needed approval to proceed. Honestly, I’m relieved she didn’t move forward with me. I believe she would have been my boss, and based on these interactions, I would have hated working for her. Overall, it was a disappointing and disorganized experience that wasted my time.

I applied through linkedin and along with my cv i had to answer some questions with my application. i had a 20 minute phone interview with the interviwer asking me about my cv and my understanding of the role. by talking to the recruiter i saw that the job description and what she was saying were not exactly the same. the job description advertised the role as primary and secondary research based to support consulting clients. from what the recruiter said, the role was mainly cold calling. this would have been fine if it had been stated better in the job description. the interviewer also kept correcting me when i was giving my understanding of the role (i was saying what they said in their description)