PA Consulting Group

Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Getting Hired

Generally, PA Consulting uses a three-pronged interview process for recruiting new analysts.  Candidates are interviewed and given verbal and numerical tests in the first stage.  The verbal test is meant to assess candidates’ capability to comprehend written information and to understand and analyze the logic of written arguments, while the math test is used to measure candidates’ quant and computational skills in the workplace, and uses data presented in a variety of formats, including graphs, diagrams and statistical tables.  If they make the grade in stage one, candidates move onto the second stage, which entails visiting one of PA’s “assessment centers,” where groups of hopefuls are interviewed, given case study exercises and asked to work out problems in group exercises.  The third, and final, stage includes an interview with a member of PA’s management group.