Exp. Hire Initial Screening Call with Oliver Wyman (NA)

Dear candidate,

the main difference between an experienced hire interview and a “standard” interview will be your availability to demonstrate your motivation for consulting and why you would be great at the job, even more than for a standard position. So if you have limited time to prepare focus on getting your story right, really understand what consulting entails and try also to work out what, with your experience, you can particularly contribute. Other than this it is important that you can answer “standard interview questions such as” 

plus points

- strengths

- what you stand for

- why this firm

- walk interviewer through your resume

experience

- leadership generally

- entrepreneurship

- personal impact

- project leadership 

- particularly successful projects

- projects with strong learning curve

challenges

- weaknesses

- projects with challenges overcome/difficult boss/difficult coworker

Hi there,

First of all, congrats to making it to the interview stage! In case you posted same question about EY screening call, the answer here will be very similar - if not, excuse the repetition.

These HR screening calls are typically used to.. 

1. ensure you are really who your CV claims to be (not kidding here - this is real)
2. validate your profile & motivation
3. verify that your profile / qualifications match with the role in question
4. see, which practice you may align best with

This means you will likely see typical personal FIT questions along the lines of the following…

• Your motivation for the role you applied to
• Your motivation to join OW
• Your background / past experience (CV walk through)
• Strengths & weaknesses, behavioral patterns in certain situations
• Comp expectations (occasionally, but often comes later on the process)

Do not expect any detailed case / technical questions at this stage - those will come, once you make it past HR screening.

Hope this helps - feel free to reach out, if you have further questions. Meanwhile, all the best!

Regards, Andi

Hi there,

First, good luck!

(Side note: I can't help but notice you seem to be behind 3 identical “screening” questions today, just for different companies. You're overcomplicating things! You need to prepare in the same way for any screening call!)

1. You need to be really clear on "Why consulting" as well as "why the company". You should also be ready with a resume walkthrough. More than that, you should be ready with questions of your own and be ready to talk through really any experience on your resume.
2. Generally FIT answers are longer and more in depth. "Why consulting" would be 1 min in an interview and 20 seconds on a screening call. Additionally, you need to have personal stories prepared for the FIT interview but not for screening

Here are some questions to be prepared for: https://www.preplounge.com/en/tell-me-about-yourself-interview-question

And here is a great prior Q&A: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinseys-phone-screening-case-9161

Hello!

Congrats, that is the first step!

Prep for this conversation as if you were prepping the FIT part of the interview. 

If you want to deep dive on the topic, the "Integrated FIT guide for MBB" has been recently published in PrepLounge´s shop (https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop/tests-2/integrated-fit-guide-for-mbb-34)

It provides an end-to-end preparation for all three MBB interviews, tackling each firms particularities and combining key concepts review and a hands-on methodology. Following the book, the candidate will prepare his/her stories by practicing with over 50 real questions and leveraging special frameworks and worksheets that guide step-by-step, developed by the author and her experience as a Master in Management professor and coach. Finally, as further guidance, the guide encompasses over 20 examples from real candidates.

Furthermore, you can find 3 FREE Expert Articles on PreLounge, in a sreies dedicated to preparing for the different parts of FIT:

1. https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/cv-interview-questions

Feel free to PM me for disccount codes for the Integrated FIT Guide, since we still have some left from the launch

Hope it helps!