Boston Consulting Group Associate interview questions
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Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 4.3 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 86.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 15 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 31 days.
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group
Interview
Typical consulting interview process, started with an application, then went to a case interview, it was two 45 minute sessions, both of which included behavioral questions, the next step would be a second round interview, more behavioral questions than case questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (São Paulo, )
Interview
Processo super difícil, baseado em case interview e pergunta de fit. O BCG normalmente traz interviewee led cases e é mto fácil se perder no desenvolvimento do caso. Para fit a companhia procura pessoas curiosas com potencial e liderança.
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Conte me uma história em q vc precisou liderar um grupo.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Pekín, Pekín) in Oct 2018
Interview
I applied through campus recruiting, and interviewed in Beijing, China. There is a "pretalk" session before the first round interview in Mainland China offices, and about 20%-25% of the candidates would be invited to the first round interview. The process is really quick, they will call/email you the result same day, and the next round is usually the following day.
I passed the pretalk, but didnt make it to the final round. Candidates in Beijing are mostly students from Tshinghua and Peking university. Pretalk is basically behavioral questions and "mini cases" - market sizing, pricing strategy, etc. First round is back 2 back - One conducted in Chinese, one in English. I would say as for the cases, one is more qualitative, one is more quantitative.
Overall experience was good, people from BCG are generally really friendly and willing to provide some guidance during the interview.
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Question 1
Pretalk: If you have 200 square meters shop, what business would you invest?
1st Round: Case 1: Market entry - small kitchen appliances; Case 2: Profitability - Used car trading website