Hi there, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company PassMyInterview.com.
And in this tutorial, I will teach you how to prepare for and pass a Consultant interview.
If you have a Consultant interview with any organization from across the globe, please
make sure you stay tuned and watch this tutorial fully from beginning to end, because I will
help you to pass and be the STAND OUT CANDIDATE! And to achieve that goal, this is what I will
cover. I'm going to give you a list of Consultant interview questions I strongly recommend you
prepare for. I am going to give you BRILLIANT ANSWERS to all of those questions. I will
tell you the QUALITIES that you have to demonstrate in order to pass. And finally, I will tell
you about FURTHER RESOURCES you can get access to, to help you succeed, including the slides
here and the interview questions and answers that I am about to provide you. Just very
quickly, before I get in to the Consultant interview questions and answers training tutorial,
my name is Richard McMunn. A very warm welcome to this presentation. That is me there in
the center of the screen. I've been helping people for over 20 years now to successfully
pass their interviews. And I always do that by giving you TOP SCORING ANSWERS you cannot
find anywhere else! On that basis, please make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel by
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If I see people liking the video, that tells me you enjoy the content and I know, therefore,
it's worthwhile me creating more for you. Okay, let's get into those Consultant interview
questions and top scoring answers. So the first question is, tell me about yourself
and why you want to become a consultant? Now, because this is going to be the first question
of your consultant interview, make sure you get off to a flying start by listing the QUALITIES
AND THE EXPERIENCE you have that will ADD VALUE to their organization. And that is very
important. Here's a great answer to assist you. “Over the past few years I have been
working hard to further develop my skills as a consultant, and I now feel I am performing
at a consistently high level. I am a great team worker who understands the only way to
achieve an organization’s goals is through effective collaboration. I am a strong communicator,
great at building long-term relationships with people, I will always provide excellent
service to clients and customers and when it comes to overcoming challenges and problems,
this is when I am at my best. As a consultant, you have to have the objectives of your employer
at the heart of everything you do. Having read the job description for this consultant
role, I feel you will be impressed with my hard-working nature, my positive attitude
and my commitment to achieving consistent strong results.” That is a brilliant answer
to that first consultant interview question: Tell me about yourself and why you want to
become a consultant? You can either pause the video if you want to and take notes of
the answers as I progress… or, if you want to wait, I will tell you where you can download
my full set of 20 Consultant Interview Questions and top scoring answers, including the ones
we are working through right now. The next question: Why do you want to work for our
company as a Consultant? In your answer to this consulting job interview question, explain
how your own skills and qualities are a match for their organization. And here is how to
do that. “In the past, whenever I apply for a new consulting role I always research
the company in detail before submitting my resume/CV. This is because, as a Consultant,
you can only achieve your goals if the company sets high standards, it has strong values,
and it also has a great team of people behind it all working towards the same objective.
During my research into your organization, there wasn’t one thing that deterred me.
I feel very excited about the prospect of working here as a Consultant and I feel my
experience and skills would be a great fit for your already-established team and the
long-term vision you have in place.” That is another BRILLIANT ANSWER to that guaranteed
interview question, why do you want to work for our company? The next question, what can
you bring to the role? Again, I can pretty much guarantee this question will come up
at some point during your consultant job interview. So think about it… what would you want a
consultant to bring to the role if it were your organization? Well, you would want passion
and to use knowledge, collaboration, skills and also definitive action that helps you
to achieve your goals and objectives. So let me give you a brilliant answer to that consultant
interview question: What can you bring to the role? “I can bring a total commitment
to your organization which means I will not only work tirelessly to achieve the goals
of my initial brief, but I will always make sure I represent your company brand in a positive
way to further build on the great work that has already been accomplished. I will bring
many years’ experience as a consultant whereby projects and tasks are completed on time and
to the right standard. For example, in my previous role, I always surpassed the targets
of all of my performance reviews and my manager often commented that the standard I worked
to was an example for others to follow. I have extensive knowledge of your industry,
which means I can bring a level of expertise for creatively and innovatively improving
the business and capitalizing on emerging trends and opportunities. Finally, I will
bring a promise that I will always look to improve, and I will help others in the team
to achieve their objectives as well as my own.” Another brilliant answer that is loaded
with different things that you're going to bring to their organization as a Consultant!
Now, please don't go anywhere because I still have more questions and answers to work through
with you. But when you're ready, if you want to CLICK THAT LINK in the top right-hand corner
of the video, it will take you through to my website, PassMyInterview.com, where you
can download my full set of 20 Consultant job interview questions and top-scoring answers,
including the ones we are working through together right here today. But in the meantime,
here's the next question. Tell me a time when you demonstrated leadership? So, as a consultant,
you have to have leadership skills. Now, examples of leadership within consultant roles include
the facilitation of staff training, identifying market opportunities, managing difficult projects,
overcoming adversity, and also identifying a problem and then creating a solution to
it. So let me give you a sample answer to the consulting interview question? Tell me
a time when you demonstrated leadership? Here we go. “In my last consultancy role for
a large company I suggested the organization provide training for all team leaders and
middle managers in the facilitation and leading of change. I felt all members of staff who
occupied any type of leadership role would benefit from this training, simply because
the organization needed to quickly improve performance in terms of turnover and profitability.
Although the training took 3 months in total to complete, the results were significant.
Within the 12-months following the completion of the training, the organization’s turnover
increased by 12% and profitability was up even higher. The productivity of staff also
increased due to the new style of leadership that was implemented across the organization.”
I like that answer because it is specific in nature. You are suggesting an area for
improvement, which is training up of team leaders and middle managers, and you are explaining
the outcome and that is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of leadership as a consultant within an organization.
The next question: You are working on a project and you have two paths to take - the standard
path, or a new path. Which one would you choose and why? So this is a difficult but also very
clever consultant interview question. Most people would have no idea how to answer it
correctly! So here's the best way to respond to this interview question to show that you
are a forward thinking consultant. Let me just repeat the question. You are working
on a project and you have two paths to take, either the standard path or a new path. Which
one would you choose and why? Here's my answer. “In the vast majority of situations I would
choose the new path, simply because this gives me the opportunity to be innovative and creative,
which is something I enjoy. However, if the project was urgent, and it was for a client
for example who had specific needs, I would choose the tried-and-tested method, because
the challenge of taking a new, untested path would be too much of a risk.” That shows
that you are forward-thinking as a consultant. You are innovative and you know, you understand
the importance of trying out new things. However, you are also saying that you will ASSESS THE
RISK and decide then which path to take. So that's a great one! The next thing for you
to do is to PLEASE CLICK THAT LINK in the top-right hand corner of the video, and go
through to my website, PassMyInterview.com. It will take you through to a page where I've
put up 20 Consulting interview questions, please make sure you read them. And you also
have the option to DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE ANSWERS to all of those 20 questions, including the
ones that I've worked through with you today. I promise you, if you get those questions
and answers, they will significantly increase your chances of SUCCESS at the interview.
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