2015 Consulting graduate applications

I received this email yesterday



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Haven't heard back yet! When did they email you?

I just got invited for an interview at Credo - is anyone else going for the interview?

Me! how are you preparing for the case study by the way?

Did you hear anything before your email of the interview? I applied a few weeks ago and didn't even get an acknowledgement email :s

A few days after sending off my application, I received an invite for numerical tests. had two days to do it, so I did it today, and received a phone call about 2 hours later inviting me to interview.

Maybe call and chase them up?

Also got through to McKinsey PST!

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Yeah sure. 2.1 from a top 5 uni (London) and all my work experience so far has been in the financial industry

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Understand if you don't want to post details but can you give us an idea of uni/degree/work experience?

I'm really curious to what they're looking for really. I don't want to big myself up because I was rejected from both, so can't really, but I graduated with a 1st from a top 5 uni and I've got a fair few work experiences (although more in finance, admittedly). It strikes me as rather odd that that, coupled with good test scores, wouldn't even get a first round interview.

Maybe they want someone who was always keen to do consulting with relevant experience, which I understand as consulting is more of a recent interest for me but damn, bit confused really.



Nope. I didn't do the practice. I mean the real things.

Me! how are you preparing for the case study by the way?

Hey everyone, has anyone done an IBM assessment centre. From initial research it seems like the majority of people don't make it past the morning. Is this true (what's the ratio of progression to sending home)?

I'm a bit worried about the group exercises as it really depends on the scenario given as to whether I feel confident in suggesting a strategy :/

Hey yea at mine 7 out of 17 went through to the afternoon so less than half- the group exercises are ok though- have you had a look at the thread on wiki job? Basically there is one group exercise that is discussion based and tests teamwork the other is problem solving based (the museum art scenario that can be found all over wiki job - and tests ibms core competencies - drive / leDership / teamwork- etc in terms of a strategy you should aim to be a passive leader - much will depend upon the others in your group and how many there are as there were only 4 in my group which I felt was an advantage

Yeah I came across that. I read somewhere that 6 out of 37 people got through to the second part, so maybe it depends on how close to the deadline for starting they are. Thanks for the help Did you apply for business consulting or tech consulting? I'm in the latter category, but from what I've read on some pages, it sounds like a sales role.

Definitely will do that.
Am I mistaken or were we supposed to just send our CV and cover letter to an email address but not a real online application?