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:
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Case interviews, online version combined with real interview first round. followed by 2 more rounds of 2 case interviews. Great support through this proces, final decision does come down to the interviewers match.
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Why BCG compared to other big consulting companies?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Londres, Inglaterra) in Nov 2021
Interview
Screen: mental maths test, CV screen
First round: online case experience (chatbot) and 45 minute case over zoom (with 2 CV/fit question first), think nature of case depends on background of interviewer (which is given 30 mins before interview)
Second round: more cases over zoom
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Relatively straightforward mental maths, e.g. interest rate calculation, expected value
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group
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The staff all looked tired and overwhelmed.
In terms of the interview process, I had to do two 45-minute case interviews, so plan on spending about two hours with the staff.
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In addition to case questions, I was asked some of the following questions:
Tell me about yourself.
What do you do in your free time?
What is your favorite website/book/movie?
What does success mean to you?
What person, living or not, do you admire most and why?