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.
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3-4 rounds of case interviews, final ones with Partners who will take the call on hiring. Super focused on business cases - profitability, M&A, GTM etc. frameworks for real life cases faced by the interviewer.
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Question 1
A case on pharma drug manufacturer facing competition by a generic manufacturer.
A case on GTM for an energy drink
Prepare for two rounds of case studies; the interview process is well documented and there are many materials available for preparation through university career centers or privately published materials such as Case in Point
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Monterrey, Nuevo León) in Jan 2017
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Case interview ... about market sizing, about margin improvement drivers
Three interviews, one with a junior project leader, another one with a senior project leader/junior partner, and finally with a senior partner
All interviews were kind of the same dynamic