Hi,I'm a 4 year experienced professional in trading. I'm going to have two first round phone interviews with Roland Berger. What kind of case can be asked over the phone (market sizing, brainteaser, experience related)?Any insight as well on the personality interview? It seems to me as well that Roland Berger focuses a lot on finance/accounting skill?Thanks

why go from trading to consulting btw?

because I'm fed up sitting behind a screen all day long.... Want to use my brain the proper way on strategic projects and discover various subjects, industries, issues...I realized that trading was much of a job for a "geek" profile. I am too dynamic, too curious to have a routine work where I'd become an expert only in a particular field. Strategy consulting looks much more challenging and varied.

Best of luck. I definitely found strategy consulting dynamic and varied!I would look around to prepare you for case study interviews. Don't assume you can wing it based upon banking case studies and/or intelligence alone. Three great sources:1. The recruitment section of the other top strategy players's websites - McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz, Monitor, OC&C etc... normally has a few sample cases and what they are looking for2. If you have time, there are books in the market such as "Ace the Case". Never used this so don't know how good3. Contacts at those firmsIf it is anything like typical expect one experience related and one case study. Experience related relatively standard but with some focus on self awareness (i.e. "name one weakness"). Case studies range from market sizing (easy) to more strategic (e.g. "how would you advise a leading cafe firm to increase revenue") and require a highly structured, yet reflective and intelligent response. Brainteasers are rare as they often are a greater test of whether you read brainteaser books than your reasoning...

Hi,Thanks for your comments. I'm reading case in point and few other websites preparation material. My concern was also about the interview format which is going to be over the phone. Is it possible for my interviewer to conduct a typical case study by phone?++

This is difficult to tell. I once had a case study from Google over the phone for a strategy-like role.Of course this would put particular emphasis on verbalising your structure...