Why do you want to work for Efficio?

What information would you need to challenge a

company's procurement decisions?

What is one type of person you struggle to get along with?

If you dipped a rubix cube that's 10x10x10 into paint, how many of the cubes would be
painted?

. For example, during one case study, we were discussing costs of a large company and
we decided that because there was no way to accurately assume…
Question like if A can complete a task in x amount of time and B in y amount of time then
how much time they need to complete the task together

Brainteasers & behaviourals

Profitability base case
tricky "guestimate" question
What data would you need to improve the procurement costs of a company?
Why do you think you would fit nicely into our company?
EXCEL index vlookup sumif and countif match
Describe the color pink
What is the sum of the numbers 1-100?
What will be the single takeaway from your experience at your current employer?
Walk us through one of your favorite project to date and what was your role within the
project?
Differentiate verification from validation
Explain what your dissertation was about as if you were speaking to a child?
If I wanted to buy a newly painted piece of art for my gallery, how much should I pay in a
closed envelope auction?
Work through how much money you will earn by buying the artwork using data sources -
how many people will come to you’re gallery because of it, how much do they spend
each visit, how many years do you expect payback to be... to arrive at the potential
value of the item. Bid that.

give me an example
of a time when...
Challenging team situation, data analysis example, a brain teaser, and a case study.
Know your CV inside out!
Case study: You are hotel brand and you have been made an offer to rent a hotel for 4
million near London Kings Cross. Is that a worthwhile investment? Few things to
consider: Profitability (Revenue/Cost), Capability of the company, alternative options
(what else could be equally profitable with £4 million).
The structure of spreadsheet is like this: list of countries, geographies, spend type,
spend in local currency. The first question will be to convert them into US Dollar. Useful
tools: Nested If statements; also pivot tables would make your life easier. You then have
to compare the cost from other suppliers to estimate cost savings.
What is the annual revenue of the London Eye?
including motivation for consulting, for applying to Efficio, and competencies.
Why do you want to do procurement consulting? What is your understanding of Efficio?
Why might clients require procurement consultants?
then two short brainteasers, a market-sizing case study, and an opportunity to ask
questions.
How much revenue do British Airways make?
Expect to do some mental calculations on the spot
case study (cost reduction in manufacturing industry
Estimate the annual revenue of the London Eye
Structure answer, define parameters, make hypothesis, do maths
Give an example of failure you had in your previous experiences and how you would
have done things differently to avoid it?
1) Annual revenues of British Airways
2) brain teasers
3) Situational question
how many bags are there in Linate in one year
how many bags are there in Linate in one year
Typical Market Sizing Question, Why Efficio, Why Consulting, Why Procurement, Excel
Case Study Test, What can you bring to Efficio, CV Questions
Why do you want to work for Efficio? What information would you need to challenge a
company's procurement decisions?
Estimate the wedding catering market in Italy.
how would you source a glass? what are the daily revenues of Easyjet Milan to London?
what is the oil price ?
Market sizing question: What is the total market revenue for luxury ice cream in
Germany? Population based, they then went on to ask me further questions about the
market and about a potential client.
Why Efficio? What is procurement? If we met your friends in a bar over a drink, what
would they say about you? What is the market for burgers in the UK?
Revenue of a hotel in Wales.
99% of 99%
Estimate the weight of a 747? How many times does '9' in the range 1-1000?
If I had a team of 5 Analysts like you, what wouldn't go so well in the project?
what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand on a clock at 3:15
Estimate the number of cans of beer sold in England each year.
Procurement cost analysis
Describe the process of strategic/ tactical sourcing
Explain how to approach cost analysis of specific category (i.e. supply chain function)
What is your worst quality?
Q: How many planes are landing at Heathrow Airport
F: Break-even analysis
F: Mental arithmetic

How high do you estimate the annual sales of razor blades in Germany?
Estimate of proportions of the population in need of the product, the frequency of
purchases multiplied by the estimated price of razor blades. It is less about the concrete
result, much more one should present his solution structured.

They examine nine screws, one of them weighs more because of a production error.You
may weigh only twice; how do you find out which is the faulty screw?
here the info is missing that it is a pharmacy scale! otherwise the task can not be solved.