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Consulting Analyst

Vancouver, BC· Summer 2025

No Offer

University of British Columbia · Commerce

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 4+ past internships

Hard Interview

Case studyBehavioralMultiple rounds

Round 1 with a consultant was fine, got through the culture questions easily. Round 2 with a partner was harder. Case was a retail chain deciding whether to close underperforming stores and the math stacked up and got difficult. Partner also was asking about a time I had to influence someone without authority, weird question but saw it online beforehand thankfully so prep that

Questions Asked

  1. 1.“A Canadian mining company is evaluating the economics of a new site in Northern Ontario”
  2. 2.“Your client is a mid-size grocery chain facing pressure from Walmart and online delivery. What strategy do you recommend?”
  3. 3.“Operations improvement case: a manufacturing plant's output has fallen 10% over the past two quarters”

Consulting Analyst

Toronto, ON· Summer 2025

No Offer

University of Toronto · Economics

4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 3 past internships

Hard Interview

Case studyMultiple roundsStressful

Two 40 min interviews each split between fit and case. First case was whether a coffee shop would be profitable in some neighborhood and that went okay. Second was a fashion company losing revenue and I got tripped up on the math, kept second guessing my numbers. Fit was mostly why Bain why consulting which I had prepped

Questions Asked

  1. 1.“A hospital system wants to reduce patient wait times by 30%. Walk me through your approach.”
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