1) Did the right number of cases; not too many or too less. Diligently worked on the feedback received from the P2P buddy/mentor.
2) Industry research: Read through a lot of papers from consulting firms like Mckinsey, Bain, BCG etc to develop insights on the industries from a case solving perspective; focus on Cost, Revenue sources and customer journey.
3) HR-answers: Wrote very precise answers for the common HR questions and had them vetted by multiple seniors/friends working in consulting
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Q. What was the Process like for Kearney?
After the shortlist came out, we were assigned a buddy with whom I had 3 interactions; 1 general chit-chat and 2 cases.
On the process day: A total of 3 rounds were conducted. First-round was a case interview with a manager and went on for 45 minutes. The second round was with a Principal and involved 2 short cases; 1 from my CV(interests section: astronomy) and 1 general case. Also asked me some questions pertaining to finance( simple depreciation). The final round was with a senior partner, and can be considered as an HR round. He discussed my PORs, internship and interests in detail.
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Q. How was your experience working with Kearney?
Project: Government client with a lot of touchpoints. The project in itself was a long-term project due to which clients sometimes created bottle-necks. Had to use MS-excel and macros extensively. The average workload was 13-14 hours a day with 16 hours during the second last week.
Work Culture: Extremely nice and supportive people. The workload was stressful but everyone was looking out for each other. Since I received the PPO, I have been to 3 monthly catch-up calls, 2 team dinners and 1 farewell party.
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