How to prepare for Australias monitor deloitte internship assesment center/interviews?

Hi Danny,

Q: What exactly is the interview process for Monitor deloitte australia internships and the best way to prepare

The interview process for Monitor is quite similar to other consulting firms. I would recommend the following to prepare:

1. Define a calendar for your preparation. Identify how many hours you have before your interview and allocate a time slot for preparation in your calendar for each day, working on the points below. Many candidates need 100+ hours to be ready before the interview starting from zero so you can keep that as a benchmark.
2. Start reading good MBA Consulting Handbooks – you can find several for free online (INSEAD is a good one to start). Read the cases and try to apply your structure to solve them. Whenever you see something is missing, upgrade your structure with the new insights. Try to read a new case per day – in this way you will absorb better the information with constant learning.
3. After the first 5-10 cases in books/handbooks and basic theory, start to practice live. PrepLounge can be helpful to connect with other candidates for that. There is a relevant part of the interview score that is based on your communication, which you cannot practice at all if you read cases only.
4. Keep track of your mistakes and see which ones you are repeating. If so, try to identify the source of the mistake (feedback from experienced partners would be particularly useful for this). Be sure to focus on both the behavioral part and the case part during the mocks. The case part should also cover market sizing, math and graph analysis.
5. Before the interviews, be sure to prepare your questions for the interviewer  – a great way to show you prepared in advance and to connect with the interviewer for a good final impression. Ideally, try to get information on who they are and study their profile to have good questions to ask.

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If you want to spend a few hours only instead of 100+ and cover everything mentioned above, I developed a program precisely for that. 

You can check the program at the following link to learn more:

▶ GYM Program

If you have any questions please feel free to PM me.

Best,

Francesco

Hi Danny,

Pretty much agree with Pedro here - those books are ok…for beginners.

But you need to quickly move from reading to doing. Get casing with peers, get a coach if you can, do all your other prep (industry deep dives, daily math, charts/exhibits, etc.)

Here's some reading to help:

The Most Common Pitfalls in Case Interview Preparation
 

Dos and Don'ts in a Case Interview
 

How to Shift Your Mindset to Ace the Case
 

Candidate-Led Cases: What to Expect With Example Cases

Danny, you already got a good overview on the structure you should expect from Francesco below. My strong recommendation would be that you reach out to the recruiter and ask this question. 

There are often variations in the process between regions, offices and roles. The more you know about how the process will be specifically for you, the better prepared you can be. 

Then once you have clarity over the structure, come back here and share it with us so we can give you more specific advice. 

If you're in the recruitment process, you might also find the following guide useful:

• Expert Guide: Build A Winning Application Strategy

Best,
Cristian

Please STOP reading Case in Point ASAP. It will put you in the “framework memorization” mindframe that innevitably leads to failure.

Go through the resources section here at preplounge and read the basics. Read 4-5 cases from an MBA casebook. Learn how to do estimates, answer brainstorm questions and exhibit reading. 

Then start doing some cases with peers.

Hi Danny, nice to e-meet you! Not sure if this is still relevant given the question was 1 month ago, but I actually most recently lead recruitment (grad - manager) for this big four in their customer strategy team and we work closely together 

Deloitte Monitor Australia has a focus on innovation (new product, service, experience offering) and often use a combination of human-centred with hypothesis driven approach - this is what really differs from the MBB where it is mainly hypothesis driven. By human-centred, it is the iterative design approach where we follow the Define, Design, Deliver steps often starting with understanding the pain points and customer needs (not relying too much on hypothesis)

Happy to chat more to provide the type of projects, working culture in the firm as well! Best of luck!