Oliver Wyman 2028 interview guide

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Invited to interview at Oliver Wyman? Here is how the interviews for the US Summer Intern, a sophomore program, work after the online test, the conversational and case questions asked, how to prepare with Oliver Wyman's own practice cases and when you hear back.

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An Oliver Wyman first round has been two back-to-back 30-minute interviews: one behavioral, one case.

Key facts

  • Interview types: Oliver Wyman mixes conversational interviews about your background, interests and goals with case interviews, often built on real client challenges.1
  • First round: Two back-to-back interviews of about 30 minutes: one behavioral, one case.6,8,10
  • Final round: Usually three interviews: two cases and one behavioral. In one 2025 process it came the very next week.8,9
  • Who: In a 2025 Dallas process every interview was with a principal or above, and earlier New York final rounds were with partners. Treat the case interviewer as your client: they want you to solve the problem and can help.8,12,13,1
  • The case: Recent US cases asked why an airport might be congested and how a two-player market will develop, alongside profitability and market entry. Expect logic puzzles too.5,6,7,8
  • What counts: Breaking a problem into logical parts, using data, thinking creatively, applying common sense, and careful simple math. Finish with a recommendation.1
  • When: US intern interviews ran in April and May 2026, after the Mar 29, 2026 deadline for summer 2027.3,6,7

Some intern processes have ended after one round: in Boston in April 2026, the digital assessment was followed by a single round of two 30-minute interviews and an offer.6

What the Oliver Wyman interview looks like

  1. Before the interviews

    Recent US processes started with an online test: a digital assessment, or a short quantitative section and a situational section. Interviews followed within weeks.6,8

  2. The first round

    Two back-to-back interviews of about 30 minutes, one behavioral and one case. Some processes start with a short phone interview, and on-campus pipelines have run the same two-interview shape.6,8,10,7,11

  3. The conversational interview

    Oliver Wyman wants to understand your interest in business, your goals and your accomplishments. Expect tell me about yourself, why Oliver Wyman and time-you questions, plus questions on how something on your resume would carry over to the firm.1,8,9

  4. The case

    Pinpoint the issue and summarize it in your own words, break it into smaller problems, pick an approach and state your assumptions, then analyze the data and ask for more if you need it. Use numbers carefully and finish with a recommendation that answers the client's question.1,2

  5. The final round

    Usually two cases and one behavioral interview with senior staff, sometimes the week after the first round. Cases have ranged from easy to difficult, and some ask for more business knowledge than a standard profitability case.8,9,7

  6. Your questions

    Oliver Wyman says its interviews are also your chance to learn about its people and business. Leave time to ask about the interviewer's projects and the area you ranked first.1

One Oliver Wyman case, step by step

Pinpoint the issue 2 min
Ask clarifying questions and summarize the problem in your own words.
Break it down 3 to 5 min
Smaller problems inside the big one, drawn on paper.
Pick an approach 2 min
Say why it beats the alternatives, and state your assumptions.
Analyze and calculate 10 to 12 min
Bring in the data, ask for more, and do the math carefully out loud.
Recommend 2 min
What the analysis says, how it answers the question, what the client should do.

The steps are Oliver Wyman's own case tips. A case interview runs about 30 minutes in recent US processes; the minutes per step are Intervyo's plan.1,6,8

Before your Oliver Wyman interviews

  • Four or five short stories: a difficult teammate, leadership, a setback, a personal goal you are working toward.
  • A reason for Oliver Wyman that links to the practice area you ranked first.
  • Two sentences on each line of your resume and how it would carry over to the job.
  • Oliver Wyman's own practice cases, starting with Urban Grocers, worked through on paper.
  • Case math without a calculator: percentages, growth and adding up cost changes, checked twice.
  • A habit of summarizing the problem in your own words before you structure it.
  • Some reading on current business news, for cases on how a market will develop.
  • Two questions for each interviewer about their work.

The questions

Expect two kinds of interview, often back to back: a conversational interview about you, and a case. Oliver Wyman says it values initiative, intuition, creativity and problem-solving, and it uses cases based on real-world challenges.1,3,6,8

  • Behavioral: A real example: a difficult teammate, a goal, a time you led.
  • Motivation: Why Oliver Wyman, why consulting and how your background fits.
  • Case: A business problem, often less standard than profitability: congestion, market structure, operations.
  • Market view: How a market or industry will develop, and why.
  • Logic puzzle: A short puzzle or estimate worked out loud.

Which division question you get

Boston, Summer Intern (Apr 2026)
Digital assessment, then two back-to-back 30-minute interviews, one behavioral then one case. The case asked why an airport could be suffering congestion.6,5
Chicago, Summer Analyst (May 2026)
On-campus pipeline: two rounds of cases, some semi-difficult logic puzzles and more business knowledge than expected, including the future of a duopoly such as Uber and Lyft.7,5
Dallas, Consultant (Jul 2025)
An online test, then a behavioral and a case interview, then a final round the next week with two cases and a behavioral. Profitability and market entry cases; tell me about yourself, why Oliver Wyman, a difficult team member, a personal goal.8,5
New York, Financial Services (Jun 2025)
Two interviews in the first round and three in the second; cases from very easy to difficult. How would something on your resume fit at Oliver Wyman?9,5
New York, Analyst (Jul 2025)
A first round in two parts, one behavioral and one case. The case was less structured than usual.10
San Francisco, Intern (Feb 2013)
Two interviews on campus, then four in the office: three cases, including a market sizing, and one resume interview.11
New York, Intern, Financial Services (Feb 2011)
A quantitative case on insurance risk for people in a hurricane-prone region, then four partner case interviews, such as how a New York cab driver can maximize earnings.12

The shape across US offices: an online test, two back-to-back interviews, then usually two cases and a behavioral. The Dallas and New York 2025 rows are full-time hires, and their first round had the same shape as the Boston intern round. The 2011 to 2014 intern rows come from before the program moved to sophomores.

Example questions and how to answer them

Case: operations"Why could an airport be suffering from congestion?"5,6,1
  1. 1Clarify: where the congestion shows up (runways, gates, security, roads) and since when.
  2. 2Split it into demand and capacity.
  3. 3Demand: more flights or passengers, and how bunched they are at peak hours.
  4. 4Capacity: runways, gates, staff and processes, and anything that took capacity out.
  5. 5Prioritize the two likeliest causes, say what data would test them, and suggest fixes.

Tip: Asked in a Boston intern interview in April 2026. Oliver Wyman's cases are often not about a company losing money, so build the structure around the problem in front of you.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Intervyo example with round numbers.

I would split it into demand and capacity. Say the airport's runways handle about 40 takeoffs and landings an hour, and the schedule has 48 in the 5 p.m. hour. That is 20% over capacity at the peak, even if the daily total is fine.

So the likeliest cause is bunching, not total traffic. I would check the hourly schedule and gate turnaround times first.

Fixes: price or cap peak-hour slots, spread departures, and speed up gate turns so planes do not wait for a gate.

Behavioral"Tell me about a difficult team member you had to work with."5,8
  1. 1Situation: the team, the goal and what made the person difficult, described fairly.
  2. 2Task: what you needed from them and why.
  3. 3Action: how you found out what was going on and what you changed.
  4. 4Result: what the team delivered, and what you would do sooner next time.

Tip: Asked in a Dallas first round in 2025. Describe the teammate fairly; the interviewer is listening for how you work with people, not for blame.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Written by Intervyo as an example. In my statistics class, our group of four had three weeks to analyze survey data for a local nonprofit. One teammate missed our first two meetings and replied to messages a day late. Rather than reassign his part, I asked him to coffee and found he was working 25 hours a week and could not make our evening slot. We moved meetings to lunch and gave him the cleaning of the data, which he could do on his own time. He finished it early, the nonprofit used our findings to redesign its volunteer survey, and we got an A. Next time I would ask about schedules in the first meeting.

Case: profitability"Should Urban Grocers switch its truck fleet from 53-foot to 58-foot trucks?"2
  1. 1Name the objective: is the switch worth it, on profit and on feasibility?
  2. 2Structure: cost changes, revenue from the extra volume, operational and regulatory issues.
  3. 3Calculate the extra yearly operating cost line by line.
  4. 4Compare it with the extra profit from 10% more volume delivered.
  5. 5Recommend, with the risks you would check.

Tip: This is Oliver Wyman's own practice case. It gives you the cost data and asks you to add it up carefully, so say each line out loud.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Worked with the numbers in Oliver Wyman's own case.

Extra costs a year: fuel $700,000 x 8% = $56,000; loading labor $500,000 x 10% = $50,000, with no change for drivers; leases $80,000 plus maintenance $15,000 = $95,000; insurance $60,000 x 5% = $3,000. That is $204,000 a year.

The trucks deliver $8 million of product a year at a 30% marginal profit. 10% more volume adds $800,000 of sales and $240,000 of profit, so the switch nets about $36,000 a year.

That is a thin margin: a small disruption would wipe it out. I would study it further before switching, starting with whether stores can sell the extra fresh product before it spoils with the same shelf space.

Market view"What will happen to a market with two big players, where one has a slight advantage?"5,7
  1. 1Pick a real example to anchor on, such as ride-hailing.
  2. 2Describe what drives share: price, network effects, costs, regulation.
  3. 3Say how the advantage could grow or shrink.
  4. 4Name what would change the picture, such as a new entrant or new technology.
  5. 5Finish with your view and one signal you would watch.

Tip: Asked in a Chicago on-campus interview in May 2026. Reading business news before your interview pays off here.

Motivation"Why Oliver Wyman?"8,9,3
  1. 1One sentence on what draws you to consulting.
  2. 2One reason specific to Oliver Wyman, such as the practice area you ranked first.
  3. 3Tie it to your own story: a class, a job or a project.
  4. 4Close on what you want to learn in the summer.

Tip: A standard first-round question in recent US processes. Link it to the area and office you chose on the application.

More Oliver Wyman interview questions

Behavioral

  • “Tell me about yourself.”8

    Dallas, 2025

  • “What is a specific personal goal you have?”5,8

    Dallas, 2025

  • “How will something from your resume fit in at Oliver Wyman?”5,9

    New York, 2025

Case

  • “A profitability or market entry case.”8

    Dallas, 2025; a description, not exact wording

  • “Quantify insurance risk for people living in a hurricane-prone region.”12

    New York, 2011

  • “How do you maximize earnings as a cab driver in New York?”12

    New York, 2011

  • “A short case on a home furnishings retailer, then 30 minutes to prepare a case and present it to a partner.”13

    New York, 2014; a description

  • “How would you size the market for this bank's new product?”

    Best guess

    Our expectation for the Banking & Financial Services area, not a reported question

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How long to hear back after the interview

Oliver Wyman's rounds come close together. Recent US processes took from under a month to two months, and a final round has followed the first round within a week.6,8,9

  1. May 2026

    Summer Analyst, Chicago

    Two rounds of cases through on-campus recruiting; one to two months in all.7

  2. Apr 2026

    Summer Intern, Boston

    Digital assessment, one round of two interviews and an accepted offer in less than a month.6

  3. Jul 2025

    Consultant, Dallas

    Final round the week after the first round; one to two months from the resume drop.8

  4. Jun 2025

    Analyst, Financial Services, New York

    Two rounds, five interviews and an accepted offer in less than a month.9

  5. Nov 2012

    Intern, New York

    Invited to a first round within 10 days of applying through the career center; three to four weeks in all.14

For summer 2027, the US deadline was Mar 29, 2026 and interviews ran in April and May 2026.3,6,7

Best guessExpect to hear within a week of each round. If a week passes after the final round, a short note to your recruiter is reasonable.

What happens after the interview

  1. Online application

    Done. Offices, a practice area, a resume, a cover letter and your academic record.3,4

  2. Online assessment

    Done. A digital assessment before the interviews.6,8

  3. First-round interviewsYou are here

    This page. Two back-to-back interviews of about 30 minutes: one behavioral, one case.6,8

  4. Final-round interviews

    Also on this page. Usually two cases and one behavioral interview; some intern processes have ended after one round.8,9,6

  5. Offer

    Decisions have come within days to a few weeks of the last interview. The internship starts with a training week.6,9,13,3

First round vs final round

Both rounds mix conversational and case interviews of about 30 minutes. The final round adds a second case and more senior interviewers.

Interviews

First round

Two, back to back.6,8,10

Final round

Usually three.8,9

Mix

First round

One behavioral, one case.6,8

Final round

Two cases, one behavioral.8

Who

First round

Principals or above in Dallas, 2025.8

Final round

Principals or above in Dallas, 2025.8

Cases

First round

Often simple: profitability, market entry, or an operations question.8,6

Final round

Easy to difficult, with more business knowledge.9,7

Earlier cycles

First round

Two on-campus interviews (San Francisco, 2013).11

Final round

Four in the office: three cases and a resume interview (San Francisco, 2013).11

2028 sophomore program status

For summer 2027, US intern interviews ran in April and May 2026, after the Mar 29 deadline. Expect summer 2028 interviews around April and May 2027 if the calendar holds.3,6,7,15

FAQ

How many interviews does Oliver Wyman have?

Usually five over two rounds: two back-to-back interviews in the first round, then two cases and a behavioral in the final. Some intern processes have ended after the first two interviews.8,9,6

What is in an Oliver Wyman first-round interview?

A behavioral or conversational interview and a case, about 30 minutes each, back to back. Expect tell me about yourself, why Oliver Wyman and time-you questions, then a case.6,8,1

How should I prepare for an Oliver Wyman case?

Work through Oliver Wyman's own practice cases, such as Urban Grocers, Supermarket Pharmacy and Dairy Farm. Follow its steps: pinpoint the issue, break it down, pick an approach, analyze, use numbers carefully and recommend.1,2

Are Oliver Wyman cases hard?

Recent US reviews range from easy to difficult. The harder ones ask for more business knowledge or are less structured than a standard profitability case, so read business news and practice unusual cases.7,9,10

Is there a test before Oliver Wyman interviews?

Yes, expect one. Recent US processes ran a digital assessment or an online test with a quantitative and a situational section before the first interview.6,8

When do you hear back after Oliver Wyman interviews?

Quickly. A final round has come the week after the first round, and recent US processes took from under a month to two months in all.8,6,9

Interview at other firms

Sources

Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.

  1. 1Oliver Wyman: Interview Tips To Land Your Dream Job At Oliver Wyman
  2. 2Oliver Wyman: Urban Grocers Case Interview
  3. 3Oliver Wyman, via Built In: Oliver Wyman Summer 2027 Intern - US
  4. 4Extern: Oliver Wyman Internship 2027-2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply · prep site
  5. 5Candidate reports on a public forum: Oliver Wyman interview questions (Nov 2026 listing)
  6. 6Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Intern interview, Boston (Apr 2026)
  7. 7Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Chicago (May 2026)
  8. 8Candidate report on a public forum: Entry Level Consultant interview, Dallas (Jul 2025)
  9. 9Candidate report on a public forum: Consultant interview, Financial Services, New York (Jun 2025)
  10. 10Candidate report on a public forum: Analyst interview, New York (Jul 2025)
  11. 11Candidate report on a public forum: Intern interview, San Francisco (Feb 2013)
  12. 12Candidate report on a public forum: Intern interview, Financial Services, New York (Feb 2011)
  13. 13Candidate report on a public forum: Intern interview, Management Consulting, New York (2014)
  14. 14Candidate report on a public forum: Intern interview, Financial Consulting, New York (Nov 2012)
  15. 15Management Consulted: Consulting Application Deadlines 2026 · prep site

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