Oliver Wyman Assessment

Question

Hi!

I applied for a Sr. Consultant position at Oliver Wyman MENA practice with a referral from a partner.

I got an email today with a link to a 30 min test with a generic description of that the test will be about.

Does anyone have any experience with the Oliver Wyman assessment? Is it a lot like the Bain assessment or are there other things that one should study to ace the test? What's the best place to study for the test?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi there,

Honestly, all of these online tests are very similar

Format? Somewhat. Content and what's required from you ability-wise? Not at all.

The best way is to really find online tests / questions and practice. Regardless as to whether is a new or old test, the principles are mostly the same:

Time management (need to think quick)
Business knowledge/context (incl key formulas)
Critical thinking (answers that are very similar to each other...clues "hidden" in the text)
Ability to interpret data/charts

Think of it as a merge of a case and the GMAT/GRE.

You need to be clear on some key case-related and account formulas (margin, growth, breakeven, etc) as well as be good at critically understanding the question (including nuance to questions) and parsing through complicated text with a fair amount of distraction.

You'll also need to be good at chart/graph reading.

The (old) McKinsey PST, BCG Online Test, Bain SOVA test, etc. are all quite similar so leverage resources across all of them.

Answer 2

Hi Anonymous A,

the OW assessment is a GMAT / GRE style numeric reasoning test in style of the BCG pre interview test. You can find a rather complete lists of actual written tests here on Preplounge:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/case-interview-basics/interview-first-aid/master-the-problem-solving-test/which-companies-are-currently-using-written-tests

Wishing you all the best for your OW application.

Answer 3

Hi there,

Congrats!

These tests are all very similar and you can find lots of examples of them on the internet. The better ones are paid, unfortunately.

However, I would suggest that you start practicing cases as well at the same time, since the online assessment is basically testing indirectly for the same skills.

Best,

Cristian

Answer 4

Hey man hope you passed the test!

May I ask you about a description of what it was really about?

Thanks!