I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Kearney (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2014
Interview
Final Round Interview Structure:
1 Skills Assessment Test
- Tested your ability to use Access and Excel. The computer they gave me crashed twice so either they have a very flawed process or they don't weight it much
3 Interviews half fit half case
- First Interviewer is younger with basic questions
- Second Interviewer is an engagement manager with more specific to the company questions
- Third interviewer is a partner who just tries to have conversation to pin you down as an inspired individual
- All case questions were market sizing estimates to test how you broke down large targets and handle assumptions
- (My questions were: How many airplanes fly out of our airport every day? How many people ride our subway line in one day?)
Lunch for schmoozin
Case
- Usually a straightforward target, but they only give you an hour to do analysis and make a presentation about it. You would be surprised how the time pressure really gave you tunnel vision
Presentation
- 5 to 10 minutes of presenting followed by questions asked by the team.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kearney (Munich, Bavaria) in Apr 2026
Interview
Drei Case Interviews mit drei verschiedenen Kearney Mitarbeitern. Jedes Interview dauert genau eine Stunde, 20 min. kennenlernen, 30 min Case, 10 min. Fragen des Interviewee. Danach würde noch ein weiteres Interview mit einem Partner folgen.
Regular case interview with personal part as well. Relatively common questions that you can anticipate like why I want to join Kearney and tell me about a challenge that you had at a precious emplyer.
- 3 times traditional case interviews online with different interviewees
- written case at office, about 1.5 hours - time to prepare & present an Excel & Powerpoint
- partner interview online at the end of it