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Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Posted Aug 5, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Houston, TX (took 4+ weeks)
BCG Contacted me about my interest in working for them.. Had an initial phone screen which went on very well. The first round was very theoretical cases about retail industry and O&G industry.
I have over 13 years in O&G / Power areas and was really only interested in Energy industry consulting.
The retail cases was a theoretical one which I didn't too well. The O&G case I did well... I moved to the next round.
In the 2nd round all cases involved all cases not connected to Energy Industry. I thought I did ok on them but got feedback that I needed to structure cases better and be able to assimilate data on the fly.
The feedback sounded too theoretical for me..
Since I like the energy industry, I have since realigned my search to mainly focus on Energy Industry consulting or other firms in Energy Industry. I see myself in the medium term taking a leadership role in Energy Industry and I feel that broadening out my career with Mgmt consulting (Mck, BCG, Bain, Booz) will thin me out rather than focus me into energy.
I think the hiring practices of the typical mgmt consulting companies is focused on hiring fresh starry eyed MBAs rather than experienced hands.
Smart people will succeed anywhere though. The selective companies have more smart people than most other companies...
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Posted May 28, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Jakarta (Indonesia) (took a day)
The test is an online test. They provide you with their own computer and the test have about 23 questions. Time limit is only 45 minutes. If you pass this, then you will have to go to case interview stage. Case interview have 2 stages, stage 1 and 2. You can study cases interview on their website. If you pass this then congratulation you'll get an offer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Posted May 8, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 2 months)
The interview was ok but unfortunately I was severely disadvantaged due to my engineering background and hence my lack of fluidity in business terms and concepts. It surprises me that BCG is trying to recruit engineers promising to transform them into business consultants but are unable to tailor the interview to fit the engineers analytical skill set . I recommend that if you are an engineer with management consultancy aspirations that you become extremely fluid in business before you apply.
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The interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Posted Mar 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (took 3 months)
1st round: 1 personality interview and 1 scenario based interview. Cantonese, English and Mandarin was used.
2nd round: 2 case studies, 1:1 for two rounds. English and Mandarin. Focused on businesses in fast growing industries and developing countries.
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Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Posted Nov 12, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Detroit, MI (took 4+ weeks)
Did not feel as if they wanted to hire me. They made me wait 30 minutes after the scheduled time to for the interview. There was no reason for the delay and it seemed I was a distraction to their day. Not a great feeling when you were excited abou the role.
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Did not feel like it was a fit for me.
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