Boston Consulting Group Associate Consultant interview questions
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Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Consulting Group overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Consulting Group as a Associate Consultant according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 60%
Skills test: 40%
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I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (New York, NY)
Interview
BCG was supportive throughout and had great interviewers. However, the partner they assigned to interview me for decision round couldn’t speak very good English…was disappointed in the company for treating the final interview process as trivial
I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2023
Interview
I had to do a digital, self-guided case and 2 behavioral interviews in the same day. The case was much easier than many I had done in practice, but there was a focus on AI.
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Question 1
The classics.
"Tell me about yourself. Why consulting? Why BCG? Tell me about a time you led a team. I took a look at your resume, can you tell me more about X project and what tools you used to build it?"
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
OA - 1st round
Chatbot - 2nd round part 1
Case study - 2nd round part 2
Prepare a lot of case studies for associate consultant role. Their interview prep materials are also helpful
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