I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Zürich) in Jan 2012
Interview
Zwei Runden an zwei Freitagen: Erste Runde war ein Online-Test (ein ziemlich typischer numerischer Test) und zwei Case-Interviews, eines auf Deutsch und eines auf Englisch. Die zweite Runde umfasst drei Interviews, zwei auf Deutsch und eines auf Englisch. Alle Interviewers waren Chefs oder Partner. Die Themen der Case-Interviews waren: Preisgestaltung, Marktgröße, Kostensenkung, Profitabilität und M&A.
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
Case interview about merger and acquisition
Was medium difficulty has a lot of brainstorming and analytical elements
Required quick thinking structuring and deep analysis to really ace it easily
Practice is def mandatory and failure to do so will lead to failure