I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Mercer (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2014
Interview
Began with a resume and cover letter drop through the on campus career center. First round interview on campus with a basic market sizing part and a brief behavioral part. Final round consisted of four partner interviews, a case interview, and two exams. The partner interviews were primarily behavioral while also asking about experiences. They all wanted to know why Mercer and why Talent consulting. For the case was given a packet of information along with the case questions and was given 10 minutes to analyze the materials and prepare to present analysis to a partner. There was also a math test and a writing test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a class that went well for you? Followed up by asking to explain a difficult concept from the class.
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mercer
Interview
Prerecorded video interview. Most prompts gave 30 seconds of prep for a two minute answer. One question focused on an approach to a given scenario about a company moving, prep time and answer time were longer for that.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Mercer (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
First round was 2 30 min interviews: 1 case and 1 behavioral.
Final round was super day at the SF office. 5 30 min interviews with lunch in the middle: 1 strategy case, 1 technical case (case with numbers), 2 behavioral with principals, 1 report walk through.
Talent consulting team sort of combined SF, LA and Seattle offices together for the west coast recruiting process. So the associate who ran strategy case interview all visited three cities to case the intern candidates. LA has biggest office (hiring 7-8), SF mid (4) and Seattle smallest (2), so I recommend that you consider which office and their size will give higher possibility of getting you the position
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mercer in Feb 2017
Interview
Was sent a request to submit recorded answers to questions on a platform called Hirevue. Felt like not enough time was given to answer some of the questions. Questions were regarding previous experiences. Only one was related to a case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A company wants to move a factory to another state, As a consultant, what data would you ask for in order to best solve this case. Questions about customer service roles and previous jobs.