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Deloitte Consultant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers
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I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
Other Round (4 Questions)
- Q1. My first interview was with a Sr. Consultant of the firm (he was there for our group workshop and recognized me in the beginning). He welcomed me in the room an...read more View Answers (1)
- Q2. Tell me about yourself, and work experience. Add Answer
- Q3. Since your hobby is Table Tennis what are the top three factors you would consider starting an independent TT academy? Add Answer
- Q4. What if you have unlimited budget but only two areas to spend on where will you spend? View Answers (4)
Other Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Round started with interviewers introducing themselves followed by the question tell me about yourself. Next, there were a couple of CV Questions. After that, t...read more Add Answer
- Q2. A valve manufacturing company (safety valve) used primarily in Oil and Gas sector, a leader in North America wants to expand its presence in India. There were t...read more View Answers (1)
Other Round (6 Questions)
- Q1. Introduce your work experience. View Answers (1)
- Q2. Do SWOT analysis of your company. View Answers (1)
- Q3. New technologies in the field of manufacturing. View Answers (1)
- Q4. New technology in the field of semiconductor industry? View Answers (1)
- Q5. Why consulting? View Answers (1)
- Q6. Do you have any questions? View Answers (1)
Interview Preparation Tips
1. Formulation of CV and preparation for CV answers: All the interviews start with CV, so this section is of great importance. Frame a para on each CV point so as to anticipate the questions and the follow up questions that could be asked. All the numbers presented in CV should be backed by proper calculation for each data point.
2. HR Questions – Standard deck of HR Questions (39 Qs), circulated by Placement Committee was sufficient. An instance of all major questions was very important. I had written a para on each so as to anticipate the questions that could be asked.
3. Guesstimates: I prepared guestimates from my hobby and general topics in news like the number of Table tennis bats sold in Mumbai in a year. I used to practise it in groups to understand different approaches and formulate the best approach that would work for me. I maintained that in my case journal.
4. Cases: I primarily read Case in Point for preparation of cases. After having a decent idea of frameworks and having framed my own, I practiced some cases from IIM A case book also. I also practiced some mock case interview with my roommate.
Workshop - In workshop, the team was split in 4 groups of 15 students each, with 1 case given to each group. But before the case a guestimate was discussed- A new element added to workshop this year. Be prepared for surprises like this!
The guestimate was finding the revenue of Rio Olympics from tickets sold.
We were given 2 minutes to think and then had to volunteer to come to the board to explain the approach with calculation. A guy in desperation started in just 1 minute, to which they told him to be sure before speaking. He first started with an approach which was completely rejected by them. Then he came up with another approach which was.
Dividing the type of stadiums, like athletics, in doors, etc. Assuming occupancy percentage and then assuming the number and price of tickets sold. Details for my case are given below:
A case of M&A was given. A telecom company with its presence in North America was looking to enter Indian Market through an acquisition of an Indian firm.
Income statement of each firm was given and there were different slides (3) about:
• customer segmentation
• details of income statement and balance sheet
• Due diligence
• Some graphs (pie chart and bar chart) on customer segmentation and revenue distribution.
4 questions were asked on 4th slide:
1. Discuss the qualitative factors that needs to be considered before working on the intricacies of the deal.
2. Evaluate the amount of organic investment which the company needs to invest to achieve a similar revenue.
3. To go for the deal or not.
4. Finding the synergy dollar number (calculation required).
Important Tip : Though it may sound a cliché, it is absolutely okay to ask about a term or clarify about the question, no matter how simple it is. It’s better to be safe than be sorry in any consulting interview. We clarified about synergy dollar number, which was savings in terms of dollar value of:
1. Increase in revenue of the combined entity.
2. Decrease in cost.
In any group case workshop, it is imperative to follow the flow of the case and not say something completely new or unimportant. We as a group suggested many factors to be considered, like customer segmentation, using economies of scale and scope, products offered, using locational advantage of one in the other geographies, etc.
For 2nd we were provided with a slide pertaining to ROI with due diligence, we could arrive at the number with simple calculation and found out that it’s better to grow inorganically and not organically as we need to put in larger investment in the latter to achieve the same Revenues.
3rd answer was solved while discussion the second case itself.
4th again a slide of certain ratios and due diligence was provided to arrive at the Synergy dollar number. Solving this required a fundamental understanding of balance sheet and income statement as well.
As a group, we could solve the entire case in the stipulated time.
I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
3 Interview Rounds
Other Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. My first interview was with a senior consultant of the firm. He welcomed me in the room and introduced himself to me with a firm handshake. He made me very comf...read more Add Answer
- Q2. Finally, the interviewer asked if I had any question for him. View Answers (1)
Case Study Round
2nd round started with interviewers introducing themselves followed by the question tell me about yourself.
Next, there were a couple of CV Questions. After that, they straight away went to case.
A valve manufacturing company (safety valve) used primarily in Oil and Gas sector, a leader in North America wants to expand its presence in India. There were two questions
1. What factors should it consider,
2. Estimate the size of Indian market,
3. Using the previous calculations, estimate the size of other safety devises as well.
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate]
Not a very detailed case but relating to my mechanical back ground and work experience in core sector, I could relate it very well to the situation at hand. It was a case of market expansion.
C: I first summarized the case & then asked if there are any secondary objectives that we need to achieve.
I: No.
C: I would understand the economy of the country first. Looking at the present scenario, India looks to me as the only bright spot in this gloomy global economic scenario. Other factors that I would take into considerations are macroeconomic stability recent government’s reforms like GST legislation, ease of doing business rankings improvement, government stability, Pro business approach. Etc.
I: Looked satisfied and said other things apart from Economy.
C: Then I would look into the industry, the factors being:
• Performance of industry (trends),
• Market structure and number of players (both domestic and international if any) in the market and their market share,
• Ease of entry and exit,
• Public sector and private sector (public sector generally have a preference of MOUs with some government PSUs or MSMEs for purchasing while private sector is more focussed on cost).
I: I want you to figure it out my market size. Tell me the way to do it.
C: There would be two major segments: existing industries and expansion of the existing ones. Existing would already have these safety devises in place, so my preferred area would be upcoming plants. But there would be continuous requirement of valves even in the existing because of the life of a valve -It’s a safety feature and needs to be replaced at certain places based on the hours of its use or duration of its installation, whichever being earlier. To this the interviewer smiled and said You seems to know a lot!
I: Lets now look at new plants. How would u do a market sizing for me.
C: (After analysing the situation at hand) I would do some market research to find out the ratio of the price of these devises to the overall cost of the machinery. Different industry has different levels of safety consciousness and have according levels of quality of safety spares used. This ratio would help me to estimate the size of the expanding industry on the basis of their investment value.
I: That’s good. Provided me with the amount of investment of companies. And the ratio?
C: Figured it out and said the size.
I: Using this, Find out the size of other products in my portfolio, and decide what should be my priority. A table was presented with the ratio and the investment value of different sectors.
C: Figured it out on the basis of calculation and decided on the priority on the basis of market size.
I: CAGR of 3 industries were given (investment value), Now would your answer be the same?
C: Simple percentage calculation to arrive at the values.
Interviewer: That’s fairly decent!
After this, the case finished. He asked some more CV Questions and then asked if I have any question for him. I had discussed with my previous boss about the history of consulting firms association with SAIL, He narrated me a Mckinsey instance, wherein the changes suggested were not feasible and implementable. I asked them about differentiating factor in such a case, to which he explained me. I popped up a follow up question with approval, to which he answered in great details.
Overall a very smooth experience. At no point of time did I feel any stress. They made me really comfortable and guided in case I was either digressing or entering into greater depth than required (qualitative points).
Other Round (4 Questions)
- Q1. Can you summarise the case for me? View Answers (2)
- Q2. Introduce your work experience. View Answers (1)
- Q3. Why consulting? View Answers (1)
- Q4. Follow up question about the incidence. View Answers (1)
Interview Preparation Tips
I primarily prepared for 4 things:
1. Formulation of CV and preparation for CV answers: All the interviews start with CV, so this section is of great importance. Frame a para on each CV point so as to anticipate the questions and the follow up questions that could be asked. All the numbers presented in CV should be backed by proper calculation for each data point.
2. HR Questions – Standard deck of HR Questions (39 Qs), circulated by Placement Committee was sufficient. An instance of all major questions was very important. I had written a para on each so as to anticipate the questions that could be asked.
3. Guesstimates: I prepared guestimates from my hobby and general topics in news like the number of cold play tickets expected to be sold. I used to practise it in groups to understand different approaches and formulate the best approach that would work for me. I maintained that in my case journal.
4. Cases: I primarily read Case in Point for preparation of cases. After having a decent idea of frameworks and having framed my own, I practiced some cases from IIM A, Mckinsey 6th edition and Kellogg’s case books. I practiced the cases with my friends to have a real feel of case interview.
The roommate guide of Case in point was particularly helpful in this).
Workshop – In workshop, the team was split in 4 groups of 15 students each, with 1 case given to each group.
But before the case a guestimate was discussed - A new element added to workshop this year. Be prepared for surprises like this!
The guestimate was finding the number of school teachers in Mumbai.
We were given 2 minutes to think and then had to volunteer to come to the board to explain the approach with calculation. A guy in desperation started in just 1 minute, to which they told him to be sure before speaking. Then a student volunteered and approached the case with number of railway station as the base. He was asked to justify the logic behind his assumption, to which he could not. (A word of caution: Please be sure before speaking. It’s not a typical GD wherein you have to make an early entry to get noticed).
Then I volunteered and my approach was taking India’s demographic dividend into consideration, I assumed 65 % of the population was of the less than 35 years of age. But taking Mumbai’ s consideration of being the financial capital and State’s capital I took the number to be 70 (taking influx of students and professionals).
Then I assumed linear distribution of population across the age band, found out the number of people in the age group of 3 to 18 (Assuming a student spends 15 years in school), I arrived with the number of students.
Then I assumed equal students in government and private schools. Used student teacher ratio by using my personal experience of a private school and taking assumptions for government school to arrive at a number. The key factors in this discussion was suitable assumption backed up by proper logic and using student teacher ratio.
Details for my case are given below:
A case of M&A was given. A telecom company with its presence in North America was looking to enter Indian Market through an acquisition of an Indian firm. Income statement of each firm was given and there were different slides (3) about:
• customer segmentation,
• details of income statement and balance sheet
• Due diligence
• Some graphs (pie chart and bar chart) on customer segmentation and revenue distribution.
4 questions were asked on 4th slide
1. Discuss the qualitative factors that needs to be considered before working on the intricacies of the deal
2. Evaluate the amount of organic investment which the company needs to invest to achieve a similar revenue
3. To go for the deal or not
4. Finding the synergy dollar number (calculation required)
Important Tip : Though it may sound a cliché, it is absolutely okay to ask about a term or clarify about the question, no matter how simple it is. It’s better to be safe than be sorry in any consulting interview.
We clarified about synergy dollar number, which was savings in terms of dollar value of:
1. Increase in revenue of the combined entity
2. Decrease in cost
In any group case workshop, it is imperative to follow the flow of the case and not say something completely new or unimportant.
We as a group suggested many factors to be considered, like customer segmentation, using economies of scale and scope, products offered, using locational advantage of one in the other geographies, etc.
For 2nd we were provided with a slide pertaining to ROI with due diligence, we could arrive at the number with simple calculation and found out that it’s better to grow inorganically and not organically as we need to put in larger investment in the latter to achieve the same Revenues.
3rd answer was solved while discussing the second case itself.
4th again a slide of certain ratios and due diligence was provided to arrive at the Synergy dollar number.
Solving this required a fundamental understanding of balance sheet and income statement as well. As a group, we could solve the entire case in the stipulated time.
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I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
2 Interview Rounds
Group Discussion Round
Topic: “China, the second largest economy faced a political coup which resulted in the blockage of trade with all other countries. What will be the effect of this scenario globally?”
Points highlighted:
• China being the second largest economy, blockage of trade means a financial crisis.
• Devaluation of Chinese currency, Yuan and its effects on US dollar.
• Stock market crash across the world due to abrupt selling of shares by investors.
• India, the biggest trade partner of china will become the worst affected.
• Chinese organizations shifting operations to other countries which benefits emerging economies like India in the long run.
• Unemployment in china as well as other countries due to market crash.
Note: GD was the primary selection criterion. Bulk of the elimination was from GD.
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. This was a Personal Interview. It was very short. I felt like they had already done the selection process based on the Group Discussion. They just wanted to che...read more View Answers (1)
- Q2. What is your biggest strength? How would your strengths align with our interests? View Answers (1)
Interview Preparation Tips
1. Cases & Guesstimates – Due to the lack of any significant work experience, I was not preparing much for consulting profiles. I was mainly looking for FMCGs and prepared mostly on Supply chain fundamentals from Heizer and HR questions. Having said that, once I got the shortlist, I went through Case in Point thoroughly.
2. Resume: CV is the second most important preparation area after HR questions. Most of the questions asked in interviews revolved around my CV points.
3. Group Discussions: I followed a preparation schedule which also focused on developing content for group discussions by going through a newspaper daily.
Suggestions:
1. Do not lose your energy even if you are appearing for 3-4 interviews in less than 2 hours. Always be cheerful and don’t lose confidence.
2. In case of preparation, fresher’s and low work experienced people should focus on Group discussions and HR questions.
3. Build enough content to speak than practicing to get more airtime. The quality of what you speak will be the determinant, not the airtime.
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I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
1 Interview Round
Case Study Round
The interview began with a general introduction and then the interviewer asked me about my interests.
He asked what attracted me towards consulting as a domain for which I gave a prompt response. (Be prepared for such questions). He then gave me a
case based on one of my interests – Movies.
Case: Should Netflix launch Sacred Games season 3 in India? Why/Why not?
I began with reciting the case back to the interviewer. It served dual purposes of helping me grasp the case accurately and if not, then giving the interviewer a chance to correct me. I began with asking the interviewer some preliminary questions such as if there were any other objectives to the case and what other competitor OTT platforms were to be considered.
As I had watched the show, I was aware of its global reach with the number of viewers outside India much greater than within India and the dramatic cliff hanger season 2 ended with.
Interview Experience:
I defined some relevant factors for analysis based on a few standard frameworks and attempted to conform my answer to the same.
Throughout the solving process, I kept the interviewer in loop. He asked contradictory questions at times to put me in a stressful situation and analyse how I dealt with it.
By identifying the factors, I presented the interviewer with a decision framework and based on that I concluded that Netflix should release season 3 to satiate the anticipation of the viewers.
Interview Preparation Tips
During the preparation phase, I majorly focused on preparing for SCM roles with little regard to consulting since I was a fresher and believed I had little to no chance at getting a shortlist. It was only after month and a half at NITIE that I got to know this was not true.
After discussions with my study group and some seniors, I decided to take a shot at the much-coveted consulting domain. In the short timeframe before SIPs, I prepared using Case-in point to understand the various basic frameworks. I indulged in mock case interviews with a dedicated peer group where we usually took the cases mentioned at the end of Case-in point. Similarly, for guesstimates, I used to solve them with my peer group to help learn from each other.
Suggestions:
1) Start your preparations early.
2) Practice case interviews and guesstimates with a dedicated peer group.
3) Don’t rush to answer any questions.
4) Try to create your own frameworks using relevant factors while solving a case rather than conforming to a standard one. (This will come naturally to you only through practice).
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Piyush Soni
4 Interview Rounds
Resume Shortlist Round
Case Study Round
Easy case study IT related mostly
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Situation based questions mostly Add Answer
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Tell me about yourself Add Answer
I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
1 Interview Round
HR Round (4 Questions)
- Q1. Introduce yourself. View Answers (1)
- Q2. Final year project based questions. View Answers (1)
- Q3. Why consulting? View Answers (1)
- Q4. Explain how you solved a problem (curricular or extra-curricular). View Answers (1)
Interview Preparation Tips
Cases & Guesstimates - I had a session with a senior who explained some basic guesstimates and asked me to read few cases from the Mckinsey Wetfeet Consulting Interview Ace Your Case V – Chapter 4 (2 cases of each type).
What went wrong?
I could not defend my project properly and make an impression on them. I lacked confidence and energy. Also, I had not prepared for consulting till the last minute.
Suggestions:
Be very well prepared to appear and exude confidence and enthusiasm. Cases are always helpful for any interview as they broaden your perspective and help you think differently. So irrespective of work experience, students should go through the various books related to solving cases.
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I applied via campus placement at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) and was interviewed in Jul 2022.
4 Interview Rounds
Resume Shortlist Round
Aptitude Test Round
The questions GMAT level. Prepare accordingly usually; here are websites like indiabix where you can practise that type of question. There were logical questions as well.
Technical Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. Introduce yourself and explain why you want to be at Deloitte. Add Answer
- Q2. There were resume-based questions Add Answer
- Q3. Coursework-related questions and anything that you have achieved during your college days Add Answer
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. There were behavioural questions Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Selected
I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2023.
2 Interview Rounds
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Tell us about yourself View Answers (1)
- Q2. Why should we hire you View Answers (1)
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. What controls have you worked on View Answers (1)
- Q2. What is Risk and control matrix View Answers (1)
Nikhil Kumar
4 Interview Rounds
Resume Shortlist Round
Aptitude Test Round
Quantitative aptitude, accounts and reasoning questions
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. 1. Introduce yourself
2. Difference between leader and manager
3. What is deferred revenue expenditure
4. What is prepaid expense Add Answer
Technical Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Journal entry, balance sheet, depreciation , accounting principles. Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
Mohammed Tanwieer Shamsher
Selected
I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Feb 2023.
4 Interview Rounds
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. They will ask you about your experience, some of technical questions related to your area of work and projects Add Answer
Case Study Round
They will give you a sales data set of a company and ask you to analyse the data set and come up with key observations as well as strategies that can be applied to solve the issues
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. This was with the client, mostly behavioural questions Add Answer
One-on-one Round (1 Question)
- Q1. This was with the senior manager, asked about experience and goals aspirations etc Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
- Be thorough about your resume
- Be confident while speaking they
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