Personal fit interview
Roland Berger wants to get to know you. Be yourself, it says, and tell it about your goals and experience.
- Junior Consultants
- A two- to three-minute intro
- Tell it
- Your goals and your experience
- It asks
- Be authentic
Roland Berger interview questions, fit and case
Roland Berger's recruiting day has personal fit and case interviews. In the fit interview it asks you to tell it about your goals and your experience, and Junior Consultant candidates prepare a two- to three-minute presentation about themselves. The cases are based on its real consulting work. A senior consultant on its site names the values to show: Empathy, Excellence and Entrepreneurship. To rehearse both out loud, Soreno, an AI voice interview practice app for consulting, investment banking and other finance candidates, runs fit questions and consulting cases with follow-ups and scored feedback.
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- Fit and case on one day. After a company presentation, Roland Berger runs personal fit and case interviews.
- Bring a short intro. Junior Consultant candidates prepare two to three minutes about themselves.
- Goals and experience. Roland Berger says the interviews cover your professional and personal goals and experiences.
- Three values. Empathy, Excellence and Entrepreneurship, which a senior consultant suggests you show.
- Approach over perfection. The same consultant says it wants your approach, openness and drive, not a perfect solution.
How Roland Berger interviews
Roland Berger recruits country by country, so details vary. Its global careers pages describe the recruiting day like this.
Case interview
Case studies based on Roland Berger's real-life consulting practice.
- It looks at
- How you structure and analyze tasks
- And
- Your creativity and head for numbers
- Also
- Your personality
Around the day
For permanent roles, a test before and an interview after.
- Before
- An online analytics test
- On the day
- A company presentation and your questions
- After
- A final interview with management
What Roland Berger people say they look forFrom its team Q&A
Named colleagues answer candidates' questions on Roland Berger's site. Each is one person's view.
Senior Consultant
Show the three values
Daniel's final tip: Empathy, be authentic. Excellence, show your skills in the case and the personal interview. Entrepreneurship, understand the real problem and find creative solutions.
Roland Berger: team Q&APrincipal
Three qualities
Nicolas names an open mind and curiosity, being a team player, and not being afraid of data and numbers.
Roland Berger: team Q&AHR team
An entrepreneurial mindset
Barbara names an entrepreneurial mindset and an eagerness to learn, shape and take responsibility.
Roland Berger: team Q&A
From Roland Berger: recruiting day tips, Roland Berger: FAQ and Roland Berger: team Q&A.
What Roland Berger looks for
No scoring rubric is public. Roland Berger's own pages and its team Q&A name these:
Personality
Its requirements page opens with it: critical to success, it says.
Empathy
Be authentic and be yourself, in a senior consultant's tip.
Excellence
Your skills in the case and in the personal interview.
Entrepreneurship
Understand the actual problem and objectives, and develop creative solutions.
13 Roland Berger interview questions
Roland Berger publishes no list of questions (only two case walk-through videos), so all of these are our wording, built on what it says the interviews cover. Each note says what a strong answer does.
You, your goals and why Roland Berger4 questions
Our wording, on what Roland Berger says the fit interview covers.
Tell us about yourself in two or three minutes.
What a strong answer does
Junior Consultant candidates are asked to prepare this. Pick three moments that explain your path and end on why consulting now. Practice it, see a model answer
- “Which of those moments mattered most?”
- “What would a former manager add?”
What are your professional and personal goals?
What a strong answer does
Roland Berger says the interviews cover both. One goal each, specific, and how this job moves you toward them. Practice it, see a model answer
Why consulting?
What a strong answer does
A senior consultant suggests taking a critical look at your motivation for consulting. Two reasons from things you have done. Practice it, see a model answer
Why Roland Berger?
What a strong answer does
Its application asks why you'd like to join and how you'd fit. Name something specific from its people or its work and tie it to you. Practice it, see a model answer
Its values and qualities6 questions
Our wording, built on the three values and the qualities named in its team Q&A.
Tell me about a time you took ownership of a problem nobody owned.
What a strong answer does
Entrepreneurship. What you saw, why you moved and what changed. Say what you would do differently. Practice it, see a model answer
Tell me about the piece of work you are proudest of.
What a strong answer does
Excellence. The standard you set, how you checked it and how others used it. Practice it, see a model answer
Tell me about a time you got someone on board who didn't want to be.
What a strong answer does
Empathy. Start from their situation, show what you understood about it and how that changed your approach. Practice it, see a model answer
- “What did they want that you didn't?”
Tell me about a time you had to get up to speed in an area you knew nothing about.
What a strong answer does
An open mind and curiosity. A Roland Berger principal says you will likely work across many industries and need to dive into new areas. Practice it, see a model answer
Tell me about a time you worked with data or numbers that were new to you.
What a strong answer does
Not being afraid of data is one of the three qualities that principal names. Show what you learned and what the numbers told you.
What has changed since you last applied?
What a strong answer does
For reapplicants. Roland Berger asks to hear about recent personal and professional developments, such as study abroad or an internship.
Case questions3 questions
Our wording, built on Roland Berger's case hints. For the case itself, see our Roland Berger case interview guide.
Estimate the market for contact lenses in Southeast Asia.
What a strong answer does
Roland Berger says no one expects you to know this number. It wants your approach: basic data like population, common sense and realistic assumptions. Practice it, see a model answer
Pick a current economic issue. What should a company in your country do about it?
What a strong answer does
A senior consultant suggests looking at current economic issues before your interviews. One issue, who it hits and one clear move.
Should a manufacturer build a second factory?
What a strong answer does
Ask what the goal is first, then demand, cost and risk. Close with a recommendation even if the data is thin. Practice it, see a model answer
Mistakes and how to prepare
Where Roland Berger candidates slip
An intro with no point
Two to three minutes goes fast. Junior Consultant candidates should rehearse it until it ends on why consulting.
Chasing the perfect answer
A senior consultant says Roland Berger looks at your approach, openness and drive, not perfect case solutions.
Guessing at facts
Its hints say no one expects you to know market sizes. Make realistic assumptions and say them.
Forgetting your own questions
The day opens with a company presentation and a chance to ask questions. Use it.
How to prepare for Roland Berger's questions
Roland Berger's own advice first. The last step is our suggestion.
Its advice
Prepare your intro
For Junior Consultant roles, a two- to three-minute presentation about yourself for the personal fit interview.
Its advice
Practice cases as a dialogue
Ask a friend to make up a case on a current topic and solve it step by step together. Learn basic data like population sizes.
Its advice
Look at your CV and motivation
A senior consultant's tip: a critical look at your CV, your experiences and your motivation for consulting.
From Roland Berger: team Q&A.
Our suggestion
Say every answer out loud
With a partner or an AI interviewer that follows up, so your intro and stories hold up under a second question.
Rehearse Roland Berger's questions, out loud
Soreno's AI interviewer asks fit questions and runs consulting cases, follows up like a real interviewer and scores every answer. It has no Roland Berger mode.
Questions people ask
What questions does Roland Berger ask in interviews?
Personal fit questions about your professional and personal goals and experiences, and case studies based on its real consulting work. It does not publish a list of questions.
What is the Roland Berger personal fit interview?
One of the interviews on the recruiting day. Roland Berger asks you to be yourself and tell it about your goals and experience. Junior Consultant candidates prepare a two- to three-minute presentation about themselves.
What are Roland Berger's values?
Entrepreneurship, Excellence and Empathy, as colleagues name them on its team Q&A.
Is there a test before the interviews?
For permanent jobs, Roland Berger says candidates whose qualifications match take an online analytics test, and those who pass are invited to a recruiting day.
Can I reapply to Roland Berger?
Yes. Its FAQ asks you to tell it about recent personal and professional developments that make you a better fit.