I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mercer in Dec 2009
Interview
Process started with a phone interview with 2 consultants. Then brought in for an interview with 7 team members (3 groups of 2 anaylsts/associates and 1 principal). The interview process was 3-4 hours, mostly questions about employment history & relevance. The principal rarely asked questions, just told me to listen - actually asked me not to speak which was strange. Despite multiple attempts to follow-up with principal, they never sent a response until another team member from another office (another state!) said the position had been filled. very strange process considering i was told after the phone interview that the in-person interview was simply standard procedure.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Mercer
Interview
This was an online interview out of college. Very behavioral based questions. This consisted of video recordings with a limited number of takes allowed for each response. Nothing very technical was required
Simple 5 or 6 questions, half behavioural half industry related. 2 interviewers, both asked questions equally. Atmosphere was as expected, and somewhat friendly towards asking them questions, but I would say don’t ask more than 1.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you worked in a group and dealt with conflict
First interview with team member talking about experience and projects on resume, then second interview with more senior team member diving deeper into project and resume experience. No case or technical questions
