I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ZS Associates in Jun 2013
Interview
Behavioral and short case phone interview
Half day onsite interview where you meet with 4-5 people at different levels and conduct 40-60 minute behavioral/case interviews. There is also a demonstration of the work with someone at your level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to be in life sciences health care consulting specifically?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at ZS Associates in Jan 2014
Interview
Applied for fall cycle; received off-cycle response ~6 months later. Opened with an initial phone screen with HR, followed by phone interview with a manager and a phone case interview with a consultant. Passed that round and was called in to the main office. Main office round consisted of lunch with an associate, fit interview with a principal, written case interview, demonstration from a current BAA, then a final interview with senior staff.
The phone case would have been trivial if I hadn't been nervous and had taken her up on the offer to use Excel.
The written case was 40 minutes for 4 questions; they were very surprised I got to the end of the 3rd. I would have finished the whole thing but I got sidetracked.
The final interview was a combo of basic fit interview and a case in disguise. I didn't realize it was a case until fairly far in, by which time I was basically screwed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"You're trying to figure out where to put a Banana Republic. What do you consider for placing it?"
Followed by
"You've made $100k from the BR and want to loan it out. How do you decide terms and eligibility for the loan?"
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ZS Associates (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Sep 2014
Interview
Written Round conducted by Aspiring Minds(pretty easy question related to Quant(16 in 16 min.),Verbal(25 in 25 min.),LR(14 in 14 min.) and Attention to detail(20 in 16 min.)).After that we had a GD round(My topic was 100 days of modi govt.(which was last days' newspaper headline).After that a half an hour case study followed by its discussion with the concerned manager that was followed by a behavioral interview.After that Shortlisting was done and finally 8 people had HR interview in which general questions were asked.5 out of 8 people made it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the case discussion round i was asked to sell a specific type of product to a certain segment/class of population that had nothing in common or had no use for that product. It was similar to selling ice in Himalayas.