Marakon Associates Interview Questions
Updated 13 March 2021
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Graduate Interview Questions and Assessment Process
The assessment process for graduate jobs at Marakon is:
- Online application
- First round interviews
- Second round interviews
First Round Interviews
- Two or three interviews
- Case study
- Numerical test
The Marakon first round interview consists of two interviews. Each interview will be 30 minutes long.
Your HR interview will be a competency-based interview where you will also be asked about your CV.
The fit interview involves various scenario-based questions. You will be asked how you think you would react to certain situations, as well as how you have reacted to certain situations in the past.
The other interview will be competency-based and involved a case study question. This will involve graphical analysis and basic mathematics. You will be asked to give a strategy for a firm.
Previous candidates have been asked the following questions:
- Who would you put on top of Nelson’s Column?
- Why do you want to leave academia?
- What are your views on our business?
- What current business issues interests you?
- What’s the best, and what’s the worst team/organisation you’ve been part of?
- Why do organisations fail?
- If you could lead any company in the current climate, who would it be?
Second Round Interviews
The second round interview for Marakon is a four-stage process:
- Associate interview
- Partner interview
- Case study questions
Associate Interview
This interview is with an associate consultant and will last about 30 minutes. You will be allowed to ask most of the questions and the interview will basically be a chance for the associate to figure out your personality and if you would make a good team fit.
Partner Interviews
This interview will be tailored to you. It will last 30 to 45 minutes. All the questions will be developed and the style of the interview will be more conversational than anything else.
Questions previous candidates have been asked include:
- How do you evaluate aesthetics?
- How do you evaluate a business?
- Why do you want to leave academia?
- If in two years time you decided consulting wasn’t for you and you left the industry, why do you think this might be?
Case Study Questions
You will be given three case study questions. For each, you will have 20 minutes to prepare and then 20 minutes to discuss your ideas and arguments. A different consultant will assess each case study, and your final case study will be assessed by two interviewers.
One of the key skills Marakon are looking for is the ability to structure, in particular structuring your arguments. Be certain to structure your responses in both interviews and all the case studies. It is important to show you can think laterally and make links to different things you have been talking about, as well as being confident and coherent.
