Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 513 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Consulting Group overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Consulting Group as a Associate according to 513 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Beijing, Beijing) in May 2016
Interview
It's Part-time associate program Early decision interview.
I had a good evaulation on my internship work, so BCG give me two round interview.
For each round total 45 mins:
15 mins behavior questions: normal Question including self-introduction, leadership and teamwork experience.
30 case interview: Profit improvement, market entry(a small market sizing), Location seletion
5 Q&A and casual talk
Two round: two managers and two partners
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what do you learn from your consulting internship?
why you are our best fit?
Can you describle your experience when you are a team leader?
Can you estimate the elevator sales in China each years? Conduct a China market entry strategy for a japanese company
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