I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group in Sep 2011
Interview
The first round consisted of two back to back 45min interviews with fit questions at the start of each, followed by a case for each. Both interviewers were nice and decently friendly. The first interviewer was clearly very burnt out though, and even though I hit on why the revenues of the client were down in great detail in the first few minutes, he refused to acknowledge it because I didn't use the exact sentence he was looking for. It may also have been that he didn't hear me though since he actually fell asleep while I was talking. The second case went much better. Both cases were fairly straight forward, but know your finance formulas and don't expect any direction from the interviewers.
By what (compounding) percent would production have to grow each year for a certain period of years to catch up to demand if demand is still growing at the same rate it was previously. (No Calculator Allowed)
I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Lisbon, Lisbon District) in May 2026
Interview
One virtual assessment followed by four in person case study interviews.
Two fourty five minute case study interviews and if the candidate passes another two fourty five minute case study interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One case study about an airline and another about the banking industry
2 one-to-one interviews with fit questions and case studies. One is about the mining industry's efficiency increase, and the other is the PE decision in investment in a specific electronic vehicle.
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Lisbon, Lisbon District)
Interview
A entrevista revelou algumas fragilidades, sobretudo na componente de FIT, que me pareceu algo desalinhada e com várias perguntas pouco claras e, por vezes, pouco coerentes entre si. Faltou alguma estrutura e intencionalidade nessa fase, o que acabou por tornar a experiência menos consistente. Ainda assim, o case interview decorreu dentro do esperado, alinhado com o padrão habitual das restantes consultoras, sem surpresas relevantes.