GLG interview questions

Took 3 months and interviews with 11 people. First had two phone interviews with current Senior Associates. Very relaxed and friendly interviewers. After the first round, they sent a case to prepare and then set up another interview to review it. The case is straight forward and reflects the work that GLG does. After that interview, I was invited to interview in the Austin office. This took 3 hours. I had lunch with two Senior Associates and then 4 interviews with Managers and VPs. They pair you with different personalities to see how you communicate with different styles. It took them over a month to get back to me after my in-office interview. Then, they asked me to interview over the phone with a manager. No explanation. After a 20 minute phone call, very straight forward, just like all of the others, I received a 3 sentence long email telling me they were pursuing other candidates. Like I said, after 3 months and 11 interviews. It was incredibly rude and disappointing because I did enjoy the people there.

Overall, really great process. Started with 2 back-to-back phone screenings, both with research managers in the division I applied to. I heard back a few days later saying that I was invited to participate in a 'case study' for the position. I received an email with a case, looking at assessing the proper players (experts) to help a client understand a new research area. The case required writing down possible questions for the client, the groups of stakeholders that should be considered when recruiting experts to help this client, and then I was asked to research actual people who would be good choices to match this client with, to provide rationale, and then to provide any contact information available online. The case also asks for a sample email for executive recruitment. I had 3 days to complete the case and email it back. Shortly after, I received an email to schedule a call with a senior manager to review my case, and this interview required more analytic thinking, with probable scenarios given to see how I would react to changes in the case structure and find new solutions. A few days after this interview, I was invited to come to Austin for in-person interviews. I flew down to Texas (GLG provided airfare and taxi reimbursement) and had a 4 hour day of interviewing with multiple managers and higher-level members of the team, including a lovely lunch interview. Less than a week later, I received an offer. Really great process.