ADAPTOVATE

Interview process

At ADAPTOVATE, interviews serve as a great opportunity for both parties to better understand if skills and competencies align with respective needs and motivations.

For candidates

ADAPTOVATORs would love to know more about you and your journey. Since we partake in Business Agility Consulting as well as Agile Coaching services, these are several aspects that we look for in our interviews:​ 

  • Identifying key information​ 
  • Prioritizing issues​ 
  • Ability to structure a problem​ 
  • Drawing conclusions from facts​ 
  • Resilience/motivation​ 
  • Tolerance for ambiguity 

Being an ‘ADAPTOVATOR’ means being part of an incredible team and having opportunities for personal and professional growth. In line with our feedback culture, throughout the interview process, ADAPTOVATORs from the Talent team and/or interview panel will help to navigate your path towards progressive improvement.

ADAPTOVATE interview process

Thank you for joining this journey with us.

1. HR Interview

Shortlisted candidates will first complete an Essential Skills Online Assessment to evaluate key abilities such as problem solving. During the HR interview, the talent team will learn about your motivation for the role and assess your skills and experience relevant to the position and level you are seeking.

2. Case Interviews

  • Take-Home Assignment: You will receive instructions 24 hours before the interview, followed by a 60-minute debrief with a Senior Consultant or Project Lead
  • Case Interview: Conducted by a Project Lead, Principal, or Partner to evaluate your consulting and coaching skills
  • This round includes two case interviews, which can be a combination of one take-home assignment and one case interview, or two case interviews

3. 3rd Round Case interview

This round will assess your skill set in relation to the role through a case interview and provide you with an opportunity to further understand the work we do

4. Reference Checks and Offer

Congratulations! ADAPTOVATE is extending you a job offer upon a successful interview. We will conduct reference checks with two referees to ensure the best fit for both parties

5. Onboarding

Welcome to ADAPTOVATE! Our onboarding process will help you settle in and prepare for your first client assignment or internal work

Career Interview Tips

At ADAPTOVATE, we embrace innovation. There are no "right/model answers" for case interviews. Our recruitment style promotes diversity at all levels, including diversity of thought, which underpins the values of ADAPTOVATE.  To help you out, these are a couple of recommendations:​ 

  • Identify the case interview question category​ 
  • Clarify the question the interviewer is asking​ 
  • Identify the missing information and ask for it​ 
  • Don't be afraid to ask for time; it is ok to take 1-3 minutes to gather your thoughts​ 
  • Share initial thoughts and ask for feedback​ 
  • Restructure final solution, identify next steps and logically frame them 
  • Time period (short term, mid-term, long term)​ 
  • Plan to implement / find out information​ 
  • Bucket and group information together 
  • Write proposed solutions down, so that it is easier to frame your thought process​

Sample case study - Client

The client has been in business close to 90 years. The original founder started in the whisky business and over time expanded the product line so that today it is a multi-million dollar business with less than 5% of sales coming from whiskey.

Background

Last year, however, several possible internal / external events happened that caused our client to pay attention to their whiskey brand. While the market declined at 2% our client’s brand declined by 15%, despite selling 10 million bottles.

The whiskey market size in the U.S. (our relevant market) has been declining at 2% over the last 20 years and our client’s brand sales has been declining at the same rate. The company has neglected the Whiskey brand for many years as they were focusing on other products. 

Question

What is going wrong that has made sales of the client’s brand suddenly decline? 

Structure/Framing Problem
Poor Performance

“I don’t think whiskey demand is poor – my family drinks lots of it”

Average Performance

“Poor performance in whisky could be due to competition from other brands. I would look at what other competitors are doing”

Superior Performance

“There are a number of factors for declining sales, which can be categorised into demand factors and supply factors. For demand factors, the main ones I will examine are: a) consumer substitution (i.e. drink other alcoholic drinks, b) brand substitution (i.e. drink other brands c) seasonal impact, d) economic impact (i.e. in a poor economy people cut back)”

Identifying Relevant Information
Poor Performance

Starts asking for a variety of information - no clear logic

Average Performance

Asks a series of specific questions related to a single logical line; can process answers and move on

Superior Performance

Defines information needed, including rationale; lays out plan for how to gather that information

  • Internal interviews

  • External benchmarking

Drawing conclusions from facts
Poor Performance

Cannot calculate breakeven correctly

  • In face of contradictory evidence, recommends price decrease

Average Performance

Correctly calculates breakeven; may account for fixed costs

  • Recognises that lowering price fails to meet goals

Superior Performance

Calculates breakeven correctly, sees implications for pricing, moves to logical alternatives

  • Potential price increase
  • Alt. marketing approach
Identifying Key Implications and Next Steps
Poor Performance

Limited or illogical additional recommendations on where to improve; formulaic approach (eg, spend more on marketing)

Average Performance

Needs to be asked for ideas on potential solutions

  • A few ideas for how to improve
Superior Performance

Drives to potential solutions on their own

  • Prioritised list of alternate opportunities

Our Locations

We partner with clients from offices across the globe. Find the Adaptovate team nearest you.

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