Applied online and was asked to interview two weeks later. After passing the first round of two interviews, had a second round of two interviews a few days later. Well planned process and nice atmosphere.
Interview questions were varied, but got two M&A questions.
The first step consisted in a logical test and in a numerical test. Not extremely difficult but time was the major constraint. The second step consisted in a case to be solved at a PC. Similar to any business case, the fact that there was no interaction with an interviewer did not help. Moreover, differently from a face-to-face interview, time was measured at the second. The third step was a face-to-face interview with background questions and a market estimation question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The online business case itself was the most challenging part.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Madrid) in Apr 2012
Interview
Boston Consulting Group internship recruitment process for Madrid consist of 3 stages.
First stage: computer based test including some quantitative and qualitative aspects of business etc.
Second stage: two interviews of combined case and personal qualities. They lasted about an hour each with a split of 5 min introduction, 25 minutes personal, 25 minutes case and 5 minutes in the end to ask any questions. The interviews are with mid-level consultants or project leaders.
Third and final stage: two more interview of combined case and personal qualities with more senior members of the firm. Usually principals but if necessary a partner may be required to assess a candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were pretty standard and cases were pretty standard too.