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I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (London, England)

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This was the first stage after the Resume check where you are invited to take multipe tests under timed conditions from an environment of your choosing. I would suggest watching videos becuase there process varies slightly from the standard procedures.

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Round 1 Interviews: were 2 x 1-hour case-study interviews with consultant members of the team, conducted at the office. Last and Second round interviews were 3 x 1-hour case study interviews, at the office.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England

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I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (London, England)

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Began with an initial screening which is quite simple, it is good to know as much about the company as possible and then just some basic questions such as what is a random forest. Then move on to a coding test which focuses on standard data manipulation etc. so need to be familar with pandas and there are also some other questions about dimensionality reduction, feature engineering etc. Then move on to case interviews where you do a mixture of business and technical cases but they all seemed quite similar to me. The person giving the case will usually choose something related to their background so be familair with their background and the type of projects they work on.

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  • Tell me what you know about BCG Gamma and how it came about?
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It’s been really straightforward, the interviewer was really kind and ask me simple questions. He started with my background, after about my academic and scholar studies and later on specific question for the job.

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I was asked to calculate a market size for online food delivery business in Indonesia. The rest of the questions were just typical fit questions (walk me through your CV, deepdive on your experience, etc).

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  • Market sizing for online food delivery business in Indonesia.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Washington, DC

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I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Washington, DC)

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Resume submission and will need to complete a test. If you pass, you will receive interview invites. Not sure how many rounds are there in total, but I had two and each round had 2 back-to-back interviews.

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  • each had case-like questions; for behavioral questions, why consulting, how do you handle your stress; tell me about a time you failed
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I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group in Dec 2023

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The most awkward interview I have ever had in my professional life. I can understand companies are having chatbots do the screens, but when it comes to video interviews not having another person on the other end leaves a candidate in a cold and uncomfortable situation. From this point forward, I will stay away from any company that can not take the time a personally meet with candidates.

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  • Video interview with a chatbot. How would I consult a local newspaper on how to grow their business?
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First Round: Video Interview - basic behavioral/HR questions based on past experience Second Round: Hackerrank assessment - mix of coding assessment (coding language of chocie) and subjective questions based on data science

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  • Basic HR/behavioral questions and a coding assessment with subjective questions on data science
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Boston, MA

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I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Boston, MA)

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Very tough I thought the questions were repetitive and the interviewer seemed distracted a lot. I wish I would have known ahead of time because I felt like it was such a waste of my time.

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Typical case interview and fit interview. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable throughout the process. It was a 45 min interview. The case interview part took around 30 mins.

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The hiring process at Boston Consulting Group takes an average of 41.54 days when considering 332 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Recruiting Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Data Scientist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 225 days).

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