Deloitte Consultant 1 Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Pls dont join this organisation. The culture is very bad. The leadership is argumentive and doesn't know how to manage business and work.
At level E there are people who have done bcom and do not understand anything.The tone and volume at which the level E speak is very bad.

The organization will give you BP, Anxiety and depression

The increment structure is very bad.
The project allocation is random and they don't really care about the employees.

All in all
1. No culture
2. No money
3. No good work

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read guesstimates and cover most of them and also be thorough with your cv

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be clear with your previous work. Be confident and make sure you ask about your expectations from the role.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be positive in your responses, before the interview, go through your resume and identify areas/projects that you are not comfortable with, if needed, check with your colleagues about specific projects. For ex: I had to revisit the customer churn algorithm that was used in the project to make sure I am not caught off-guard. Talk to the HR properly and get them to reveal what the people are looking for in the candidate, in terms of culture, fit etc. Skills are anyways non-negotiable, so once you cross the first 3 rounds, make sure your answers are positively framed and position yourself as someone always willing to learn/adapt.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: A) I put a lot of thought into it. A LOT. I started top-down. In a sense, I always knew I was gonna target only 2 types of companies: Consulting and Banking. So made my 2 resumes accordingly. Basically I conveyed what needed to be conveyed. For this, I talked to a lot of people in Oct/Nov and researched a bit from previous editions of BePrepared. Being a DD helped. And then I spent a lot of time thinking how best to convey it. For example, I knew that my success in strategy competitions was crucial for Consulting Firms, hence I put those above my projects/extracurrics. 
b) Sent it to many people for feedback. Some of the points were accepted, some not. Its always our call in the end. But more often than not, external views make up the MOST important part of Resume Making.
Tips: Advice: Make a rough copy first and then start thinking. If you think without it, it will take up a lot of time. DON’T LIE IT WONT HELP YOU IN THE INTERVIEW. Be very serious in your resume. Avoid any kind of humor. Also don’t try to squeeze in too much.. you wont be coherent. Know what you want to convey and convey exactly that. At the end of it.. Look at your resume page by page. And see what it conveys at a VERY MACRO level. For ex: In my resume, Page 1 conveyed Decent Acads with Success in Strategy Competitions and Page 2 conveyed A lot of positions of responsibility with decent results and excellence in dramatics.

Round: Interview
Experience: BCG was 4 rounds, 30 people shortlisted initially out of which 14 were shortlisted after round 2. 4 offers were made.
BCG was very collegial in interviews. The partners were warm. In my first interview he asked me about my DDP andsummer internship. Then jumped on to a case wherein a cement manufacturer was losing profit. I had to dig around and realize that ultimately the costs of power were increasing due to the government’s load-shedding. I was also then asked to solve a basic LP optimization problem (the manufacturer had different plants at diff. locations. He wanted to know how much should he make at each plant). He told be a bit about BCG and the kind of work they did.

Round: Interview
Experience: I got 2 cases in this one. One was pertaining to a tractor manufacturer whose revenues in Maharashtra were very low. The key was to recognize that Maharashtrian soil is harder which causes the pin connecting the plough and tractor to break. The second case was about why amongst 2 refrigerator manufacturers in Pune, ones transportation costs were much better than the other. Again a LP problem was formed. He asked me if I had any questions. I asked a few. I got a case about a realty developer tying up with a bank for home loans in his project. The bank wanted to know how much should they pay him. I did finally solve this. I recalled the concept of Opportunity Cost right at the end. I kept blabbing a lot about risk/return/maturity in general. He steered me back on track every time. He spend 40 minutes trying to convince me about BCG. I was very tired by now. The case was about a retail chain who wanted to enter India. I had to advice on the potential. I analyzed the case. I tried to structure my thoughts and delve into different sections. He wanted precise, specific answers. I gave some of them. The interviewer appeared disinterested. Being tired myself, I think I kind of messed up this one. I was told that I would not be given an offer by BCG.

College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: CGPA cut-off was 7.5 but later they allowed other students too.No tests but a GD is done to shortlist students for interview. They give up to 5 minutes, to think and 10 more minutes to come to a conclusion.Last year one of the topics was 'Discuss strategies followed by CCD'.
Tips: Soft skills are important.Prepare for quant and do attend the mock GDs and other activities organised by the placement team.

Round: Interview
Experience: Asked to justify GD conclusions.Importance is given to your conversing skills and the ability to convince others.
Tips: Know your resume inside out. Panellists do ask about it.HR interviewers like to hear something smart.

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College Name: IIT Madras