Associate Consultant, workday simulation

Consulting case · simulated client workday · about 60 minutes ·client: Wrenfield Home

A 60-minute case simulation shortens the first case round (two one-hour interviews today). Later interviews and all decisions stay with people.

Hiring goal

3 Associate Consultants· 2 proceeding · 1 to go

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Candidates76 Calibration Hiring-team metrics Case design Rubric4

Rubric

Each behaviour is a row in every candidate's review, with the evidence behind it. Demo rubric; review aid, not a hiring decision.

Behaviour	1–3	4–7	8–10
Problem definition Finds the real question (profit, not revenue) and asks a specific clarification before analysing.	Never clarifies what the client prioritises; key finding misses the main drivers or blames rent.	Key finding broadly fits the docs, but the client's priority (margin this year vs growth) is assumed, not clarified.	Clarifies the client's priority with Maya or Helen, and gives a key finding that fits the docs (longer Spring Sale, free shipping on online growth, one-off).
Communication Clear, professional replies to the EM and client; answer first, drivers in order.	No message to the client, or tells Helen 'it's rent'; recommendation unclear or incomplete.	Replies to Tom or Helen, but without clear next steps or a useful question; recommendation is serviceable.	A professional note to Tom or Helen confirming next steps with a useful question; a short, clear four-part recommendation.
AI verification Checks the assistant's rent claim against the exhibits and explains the correction.	Repeats the assistant's (and the analyst's) ~20% rent figure without checking.	Uses the assistant and opens the financial summary, but never states the correction.	Cross-checks the assistant's summary against the financial summary (rent 30 → 31) and states the correction.
Adaptation Revises the recommendation after the EM's new constraint, with a change note.	Ignores Maya's feedback or resubmits the draft unchanged.	Acknowledges the new constraint with minor changes; change note doesn't say why.	Reworks the action around the new constraint (4-week sale floor, Q3 shipping lock) and explains what changed and why.