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    Associate Consultant Interview

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    Application

    I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group in February 2010.

    Interview

    Case interview conducted by consultants, principals and partners current working at the BCG office in Sao Paulo. Additional interview with HR as a final check. The best way to prepare is by studying and practice case interviews, there are tons of case study books online

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Los Angeles, CA (US)
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Los Angeles, CA (US)) in October 2014.

      Interview

      I was at a target school, applied on the website, interviewed about a week after applying. They were pretty difficult case interviews. You need to be quite experienced with case interviews before going to a interview with them. Suggested amount of practices was about 20 - 30 cases. They expect you to lead the case a lot. So be structured and be creative!

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group.

      Interview

      I went to all the campus events and the people were extremely nice. Once I had been picked for first round interviews they introduced me to some current employees who would practice cases with me over the phone. The interview was two 45 min cases. The people were very nice but it seems BCG is looking for you to drive the case on your own more than some of the other consulting companies.

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      • case on 1 company buys another and wants to know what to do with the two distribution channels.   Answer Question
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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group.

      Interview

      Interviewed on university campus for first round interview. Interviewed by 2 different people, each was 45 minutes long. The interviews had a few behavioral questions followed by a case and then time for questions and answers.

      Interview Questions

      • Tell me about a time when it was difficult to be a leader   Answer Question

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took a week. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group in September 2014.

      Interview

      Very efficient process. Applied on campus, was contact after 6 days for an on-campus interview. The interview includes 2 back-to-back interview. The case itself was not hard, the hard part was for you to take charge and explain areas you want to explore. In other words, the analysis was not difficult, but to ask the right questions to extract the right data was the challenging part.
      The interviewers were extremely nice. Having been through the dreaded stress test interviews for other firms, I found BCG's interviews to be very pleasant and professional.

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      • I was given a bar chart and had to struggle a bit to figure out what new meaning the graph shed on our current business situation   Answer Question

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group.

      Interview

      I submitted my resume, cover letter and transcript online (but through my university). I was initially really excited when I went to their info session because the employees seemed very interesting and engaging and laid back. However, the first round of interviews was the complete opposite. I had two separate interviews which were about 45 minutes each: 15 minutes behavioral and a 30 minute case. My first interviewer was extremely rude and condescending. The second was very kind and really seemed interested in my answers and the different way I solved the case. Overall, I could tell I wasn't a good fit.

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group.

      Interview

      The whole process took about a month. Applied online to a SEA office, was contacted about a week after my application. Interviews were done in a top notch hotel, very organized, very nice people.

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      Negotiation

      No negotiation.

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Los Angeles, CA (US)
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Los Angeles, CA (US)).

      Interview

      First round interview: 2 back to back interviews with associates doing business cases. Spent a little time in the conference room mingling and eating the provided burritos.

      Wait 7-8 days...call from the recruiter asking me to come back in. He gave me feedback on what to do better and what I did well. Second round interview scheduled for two weeks later.

      Second (final) round interview: 3 back to back 45 min interviews with 2 case team leaders and 1 principal. Slightly more time spent on fit, but the case is the focus.

      Most important advice given to me: you have to nail ALL THREE cases to get the offer: I only nailed two, ce la vie...

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      • Really nothing surprising if you're trying to get into consulting. Very little time spent on fit questions, just your average case studies. Lots of graphs...   Answer Question

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group.

      Interview

      Recruited on-campus, had first and second round interviews, both at the BCG office. First round was done by consultants, second was by partner/principal. The partner/principal interview was much less structured than the first round (much less like the case interviews I prepared for), but that was fine. I got the feeling that the partner was really watching me closely as I answered to see if I was being authentic and to see how my performance during the interview would extrapolate to on-the-job performance.

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      • Why do you not plan to return to the consulting firm you interned with last summer (where I had a return offer)?   1 Answer

      Negotiation

      Basically no negotiation for salary, since salaries are standardized across the company (you might be able to negotiate your base salary up, but at the end of the year there's a target salary they aim for, so your bonus will be adjusted to take this into account).

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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Atlanta, GA (US)
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Atlanta, GA (US)).

      Interview

      Began with an online application followed by a phone interview with a series of behavioral questions. After that there were two rounds of case interviews. The case interviews were each 45 minutes and started with casual conversation and standard behavioral questions and then there was the case. The cases were never too bad, but make sure you understand how to structure your solution and really talk out what you're thinking and doing so the interviewer can follow you.

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      • When was a time you had to change your stance on an issue?   Answer Question
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