I interviewed for a position on a newly acquired team. WTW bought the energy finance team of CPI. Someone in HR reached out and asked to schedule an interview with one of the Directors. No idea what to expect as no guidance was given - only that it would be 1 hour over video. It was a casual chat to talk about my background, what they're working on, then talking through a potential scenario for a company. He was nice and genuinely seemed interested to know about my background and interests. I heard back about a week later and HR scheduled a second round was with an Executive Director. I didn't receive any feedback about the first round and they didn't give me any guidance on what to expect for the second round. This wasn't a problem for the first round as it was a casual chat but it was an issue for the second round (more on that later). I ended up preparing A LOT - I read as much as I could about everything they had on the website, in the press, how to do the analysis that they described in the job ad across multiple industries. I even took a day off of work to prepare for the second round. The second round wasn't so casual. I got the feeling from the start that he didn't like me and that he shouldn't be wasting his time talking to me. He seemed very surprised that I had only spoken to one other person before him, he even commented "not even an HR phone screen?" in a tone that signalled he didn't think I would pass an HR screen and that there must have been some mistake with someone as senior as him gracing me with his presence. He asked some questions about my background and what I was looking for. Typical stuff. He challenged me on a number of things I said from my background which was fine - it was a more formal questioning than the first round but I expected this because 1) it's an interview and 2) I could read from his body language and tone that he didn't want this to be casual or comfortable for me. He then proposed a case study (which I later found out was a real study the team had conducted) and asked me to craft some hypotheses and then ways to test the hypotheses and ways to measure outcomes/successes of the study. After talking through all the different scenarios and going over the allotted hour, he asked if I had any questions (clearly didn't want me to ask any, probably because he had made his mind up as soon as I logged on to the call). I'll give him credit for going the full hour but he ran out the clock so that I wouldn't have time for questions - classic interview move that I'm well aware of. I asked some anyway in a polite manner just so he couldn't ding me for not asking any. After that, the interview was over. The case study, in theory, is not difficult and I answered every question pretty well considering I had zero background in the industry. (Apparently, they had formed 7 hypotheses in the actual study and I named all of them eventually.) However, the problem was that I was completely unprepared for a case study. If HR had let me know that I should expect a case study I would have been much better prepared. Also, the case study was about energy policy/markets in California... Ok fine, I'm flexible enough to add value to pretty much any case study unprepared, but it seems like the interviewer didn't care that I had no background in energy, policy, or the California energy market and was dinging me for it. The job ad that I was applying to didn't even say anything about having to know about energy policy. It said mostly company analysis (which I have a deep background in) and investments (which I also have a deep background in). I understand if they want to test my ability to think on my feet in an unknown situation but cmon, I answered everything pretty well considering I'm not even remotely from any of those industries. As per is the case with companies like WTW, I got an automated email the next morning saying "We have reviewed your application and although your skills and capabilities are of interest, we will not be further pursuing your candidacy at this time." Then some really lame wording about how I should check out their careers page for more opportunities. That's all. No feedback on the 1st or 2nd round, not a word about how I can reach out if I want feedback, nothing. Just an automated rejection. I emailed back asking for feedback anyway - no response. WTW probably won't read this and it's likely they care about what candidates think about their hiring process. It's a buyers market so they have the upper hand and can just toss candidates like me out without any reasoning or justification. I don't normally write reviews of companies but I made an exception because I don't think it's fair that companies can just eat up a ton of a candidates time. I'd recommend not applying here. There are other companies that give a better return on your time, regardless of an offer or not.