I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WTW (New York, NY) in Sep 2013
Interview
Interviewed with 4 people for half an hour each. Each professional was curious about my background and overall career goals. It was very conversational but also challenging. When I referenced experience, they inquired into details. Know your strengths.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"what's the best lesson you've learned through your work experience"
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WTW (Londres, Inglaterra) in Nov 2013
Interview
After submitting my online application, was contacted within a week for a phone interview. Phone interview consisted of basic fit questions, with no technical questions asked. Lasted about half an hour. Received an email about a week later inviting me to final round interviews at the London office.
Final round was an assessment centre. It started with a senior employee talking to us about the firm and telling us more about Investment Consulting. This was followed by a written exercise based on Towers Watson research papers we had been asked to read prior to the interview, and a fit interview with a manager/senior employee. There was also a group exercise where we were supposed to rank the most important inventions in human history.
Lastly, there was a 10-minute presentation on our recommendations for a pension fund regarding it increasing or decreasing its exposure to emerging market debt and equities. Got asked a range of questions by my interviewer about the presentation, ranging from "What is QE" to more difficult questions about the various asset classes.
Overall the assessment centre wasn't extremely difficult- the presentation was the most challenging aspect. My biggest complaint was the lack of constructive feedback provided by HR, a view which almost all of the other candidates at the assessment centre shared. HR went on for minutes about how my "presentation delivery could have had more impact" though I excelled in all other areas, which struck me as a rather contrived reason. Constructive feedback would have let us understand why we didn't get an offer and helped me in other interviews, so I wish they would have put in a lot more effort on that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why should a pension fund increase its exposure to emerging market (hard currency) debt?
Submitted an online application. Received an email asking me to complete online one numerical and one logical reasoning tests within three days. Passed the tests and scheduled a phone interview with them. Received a call from the UK office. And finally the assessment centre in their office.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The time you propose a new idea to your team. What are their opinions and reactions? Do you think new idea is always good?