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Preparing for a senior consulting interview? This guide covers 10 essential questions you can expect when interviewing for a Business Unit Lead or P&L Director role — and how to answer them with confidence. From securing margin and growing pipeline to leading teams through change, these concise, experience-based insights will help you position yourself as a trusted business leader ready to scale growth, profitability, and people engagement.

Becoming a manager isn’t about getting louder or smarter. It’s about caring more and translating better. Start with people, not processes Care personally about the humans on your team. Learn…

This is a set of questions to validate the strength of a consulting unit before you take on the P&L. Test team structure and location mix, decision rights on pricing/hiring/marketing, the performance math, pipeline health, revenue concentration, and defensible differentiators—if they don’t add up, renegotiate or walk.

Taking responsibility for a P&L isn’t just about managing numbers — it’s about leading a growth engine. Behind every target are people, delivery challenges, and commercial realities.Before you say yes,…