Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 64 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Consulting Group overall takes an average of 51 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Consulting Group as a Associate according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 29%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Madrid) in Sep 2016
Interview
Two rounds of two 45-min interviews each. All of them following the same structure: 15-20 min personal questions followed by a 25-30 min case study. Two of the cases were qualitative and the other two were quantitative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Consulting? Why BCG? What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? What did you do to improve on your weaknesses (give examples related to previous working experience)?
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Round 0 had an assessment, round 1 had 1 case with a human then 1 case with a chatbot. The cases weren’t too complicated mostly revolving around profitability and break even pricing, but the subject matter was niche.
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Jakarta)
Interview
- CV
- Online Casey
- First Round 2x interview with Principal
- Second Round 2-3x interview with Partners
Overall not very hard if you trained well, although i imagine
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interview standards, sometimes a bit abstract especially on partner level
3x case interviews, interviewee led, questions about experience and relevant background, always dig deeper to understand details eg on leadership experience. Cases vary all the time, need to ne ready for anything. Thinking js rewarded