Roland Berger Project Manager interview questions

At the end of 2016, I was contacted by Patricia T*** / Celia M*** from Rolland Berger, Sao Paulo's office, to have a round of interviews with 2 partners. Few days later, we scheduled another round of interviews with 2 other partners. Since then, I never heard from the company again. Asked twice for a feedback, no answer at all. In short, if you are applying for a position at Rolland Berger do not expect respect from them, at least from the Sao Paulo's office, and be adviced that you may never get a feedback.

Went through 2 rounds of 2 case interviews, each following the same pattern, 10mins to talk about yourself, 50mins to go through a case. Very typical format. Cases were not overly difficult but still required to be quick on your feet, especially with calculations that could be quite heavy. Something less typical though was the not quite friendly attitude. People were somewhat patronizing, arrogant, old school in the sense they were almost bragging about doing long hours (70-80hrs a week). I've been in consulting for a long time. My opinion is that if you do such long hours, every single week, then there is something wrong somewhere. Projects might be understaffed or suffer some inefficiencies. Modern companies aim for a reasonable work/life balance. They don't. They also want candidates dying to join them, having the firm in the highest regard. They seem to forget that here in north american, they have nowhere near the reputation they have in Germany or France.