I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kearney in Apr 2012
Interview
I had 4 one on one interviews over the course of two interview rounds. My first round was with two managers and the second one with one manager and one principal.
All interviews consisted of CV-based questions and regular interview questions, such as "Tell me about a time...". The second part of each interview consisted of case studies.
They were a bit of hit and miss with me as I did quite well in the first round, but not in the second round.
I received good feedback after the interviews.
I would suggest going through both Vault.com and Case in Point guides for case studies. In addition, you need to practice with someone. I believe that was my one problem as I had a difficult time going through some of the more complex business issues out loud and developing my thoughts to the consultants.
Good luck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Abstract case: An airport is going to get a major influx of passengers due to a major event (i.e. Olympics). The CEO wants to know what issues would arise and how to fix these. No numbers in this case. Just a discussion.
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