1. Tell us what motivates you in your work?
Hitting targets and achieving goals is your main motivation. Say that you are motivated by the desire to do a great job and to help improve business.
Benchmarking is about measuring performance of an organization to compete in the industry. In this process a company may measure its policies, performance, rules and other measures.
3. Tell me do you have any idea about Agile Manifesto?
Agile Manifesto is a guide for software developers about the development principles to ensure iterative solutions.
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix is developed to analyze several of business processes and new product offerings from companies. It is a useful tool that can be used in portfolio analysis, strategic management, product management, and brand marketing.
It is one of the agile methods, used to develop iterative information systems. In this method a small team works on the assigned tasks for a time period of 30 days usually.
6. Tell me can you define mis-use case?
It is a term derived from use-case. Unlike use case, a mis-use case is something that shows -what kind of malicious activities can be performed by an actor that may result in system failure.
7. Tell me what is Pareto Analysis?
It is a decision making technique, also known as 80/20 rule. It is used for quality control and defect resolution. It explains few factors that can be responsible for big problems. It is named as 80/20 rule, because as per this rule, 80 % effects in the system, arises from 20 % causes.
8. Tell me did you get an offer to return from your previous summer internship?
If you did get one, that is a positive answer. Explain why you got the offer, and why you'd rather work in Consulting instead.
If not, find a way to logically explain why you did not. Do not go too deeply into negative details surrounding your work performance, unless you have a well-thought out way to explain how this will not happen in your next job.
9. Tell me in your words, what is database transaction?
When we perform any activity in a database, such as addition, deletion, modification, searching etc. is said to be a database transaction.
10. Tell me what is OLTP Systems?
OLPT stands for On-Line Transaction Processing; such systems are capable to perform database transactions and are meant to provide good speed for database transactions. These systems are mainly used for data entry and retrieving data from the database.
11. Please explain how would you identify a new market to enter?
Analysis of sales data should help to identify possible new markets. This would be followed up with some market research.
12. Explain what do you enjoy most/least about teamwork?
Teamwork is central to most roles today; few people work in isolation. Answer that you like seeing how a group of people with a wide skill set can work together to achieve results not possible by any individual.
For the least enjoyable part of teamwork, try to keep it positive by saying that you sometimes prefer to concentrate on more complex problems in a quiet environment so there are times when the team environment can be a little distracting.
13. Tell me what is your biggest accomplishment?
This question is less common today, largely because the answers to it tend to be pretty bland.
However, be prepared with an answer that shows an accomplishment that is not necessarily the standout point on your resume. It allows the interviewer to learn about another accomplishment that is not as obvious, and thereby gain more insight into you and respect for your abilities.
14. Tell me what INVEST stands for?
INVEST means Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Sized Appropriately, Testable. It can assist project managers and technical team to deliver quality products/services.
15. Explain Pair-Choice Technique?
The pair-Choice Technique is used to give priority to various items in a process. It is mainly used when distinctive stakeholders are involved in the project. This technique asks from the group to compare each item with the other and select the one having highest priority.
16. Tell me how do you define Personas?
Personas are used instead of real users that assist developers and technical team to judge the user behavior in different scenarios, more clearly. Personas are basically social roles, performed by any actor or character. It is derived from a Latin word meaning character. In marketing terminology, it represents group of customers/end users.
17. Tell me what FMEA stands for?
It means Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. It is a failure analysis, that is used mainly in product development, system engineering and operations management. This analysis is performed to figure out various failure modes and their severity in any system.
18. Differentiate between the Fish Model and V Model?
Fish model is comparatively very costly and time consuming, while, V model requires less time and cost. Moreover, Fish model is used when there were no ambiguities in the customers' requirements. Otherwise, other model is preferred.
19. Explain me what's your ideal working environment?
Say that you enjoy working in a team environment. Describe the environment in such a way as it sounds similar to the work environment you believe the company has adopted.
20. What attracted you to this role as International Business Consultant?
To answer this you need to show a good understanding of the company and say that you are keen to be part of a dynamic team to help the company grow and develop. The aim of business development is to develop growth opportunities, so you must show a keen interest in working with their products and services.
21. Tell me what experience on your resume has had the greatest impact on you?
The answer to this question can go a lot of ways, but be cautious not to be too dramatic. Use the questions as an opportunity to highlight your skills, experience and interests-especially as they may apply in the Management Consulting profession.
22. Explain me how many types of actor can be there in a Use-Case?
There are primary and secondary actors. Primary actors start the process and secondary actors assist them. Moreover, actors can be of four types such as Human, System, Hardware and Timer.
23. Tell me do you think Activity Diagram is important and how?
As the name implies, activity diagram is all about system activities. Main purpose of activity diagram is to show various activities taking place in an organization in different departments.
24. Tell us how would you get to understand and cater to a prospect's specific needs?
Say that you listen to their needs and then propose a solution that will meet a majority of their needs. If there are any gaps in the product offering, explain that workarounds can be developed to ensure that business runs smoothly.
25. Explain me an example of a time when you had to sell an unpopular idea to someone?
If you have an example from work experience this is ideal, however, do not be concerned if you do not. You could give an example from your private life, such as persuading a friend or family member to get involved with something they were not really interested in. Good sales skills are transferable to life.
26. Tell me was there any situation at work or in college when you regretted acting unethically?
Your purpose here is to use a difficult example in which you regret your decision. Be sure to express earnest regret and discuss how this has affected your behavior going forward.
The purpose of this question is to show the interviewer that honesty and ethics are extremely important to you. This is an area where you want to leave no doubt in their mind, especially in light of recent scandals involving senior consultants at top firms like McKinsey.
27. Explain an example of when you decided to do something you did not want to do?
This is, surprisingly, another variety of the same question, but it is tricky. The reason is that you want to show that you are a leader and a great team player, so when answering this question be cautious to use an example that does not suggest that you failed to “step up”-i.e., failed to live up to the expectations of those around you. Much better would be to use an example where you were unsure at first whether X was the right course of action, but upon further contemplation, decided that it was-and then did X to the best of your ability.
28. Tell me do you have suggestions to make an effective use-case model?
Yes, I would suggest making two separate diagrams. One serves as a use-case and the other serves as an actor diagram. So that we can highlight all the possible activities in a use case & in actor diagram and then we can merge both the diagrams to get an effective use-case diagram.
29. Tell me what steps are required to develop a product from an idea?
You have to perform, Market Analysis, Competitor Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Personas, Strategic Vision and Feature Set, Prioritize Features, Use Cases, SDLC, Storyboards, Test Cases, Monitoring, Scalability.
30. Explain what do you think makes a good salesperson?
A good sales person needs to be friendly and professional, to be a good listener and an excellent speaker. Above all, they must be confident and extremely knowledgeable about the products they are selling.
As long as you've prepared and practiced an answer for each experience/interest on your resume, this should not be hard. (In most cases, for college students especially, the answer is easy: it was time to return to school!)
If your previous job was not in Management Consulting (as an intern, for example), you can use this question as an opportunity to compare your previous experience to Management Consulting, and why you think the switch is a better fit for you.
32. Tell me what are your main weaknesses? Weaknesses feedback from previous job reviews?
As with the “failure” question, this is about showing your ability to recognize areas for improvement. However, make sure that these areas for improvement do not include core Consulting skills! For example, don't say something like “I'm afraid of Microsoft Excel and am worried that I'm never going to learn how to use it!”
A much safer response will revolve around a weakness that has been identified and resolved in the past. Be prepared with an answer that shows that you have integrated the lessons from this problem and have improved or are working on improving these weaknesses.
Firms want to recruit future leaders, and so a small part of the interview process will be around “shows signs of leadership.” These questions appear to be becoming less common, but they still occur.
You need to draw on your experiences and have prepared a couple examples of leadership and of obstacles faced, and how you overcame them as the leader. It can be in sports, in a college experience, or even in your previous work experience.
34. Tell me two documents related to a use case?
The two documents are FRD (Functional Requirement Document) and SDD (System Design Document).
As a business analyst, I would develop a document stating clearly that no change will be accepted after a certain period of time and get it signed by the user.
