NERA Economic Consulting Asia

Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Financially focused

Interviews at NERA are "very rigorous" and, given the nature of the work, it's no surprise that they are heavy on "economic theory and practical application questions."  In China and Japan, we're told of four tests including "financial, language, Excel and personality."  A Shanghai source notes that "it's very hard to get an interview opportunity." 

There are usually two interview rounds, sources tell us, including "an economics multiple choice test" and "one interview that involves a prepared presentation."  A senior consultant in Australia provides a bit more detail: "Usually, it's a three-stage process.  First, there's a meet-and-greet over coffee; then an interview with the standard technical economic questions; and finally, a candidate presentation to the director on an assigned economic problem."  Another source describes the presentation as about 15 minutes in length, with the question "provided a few days before the interview."  A sample question: "What's your understanding of consultancy?"