Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 513 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Consulting Group overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Consulting Group as a Associate according to 513 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Johannesburg) in Sep 2017
Interview
First Round Interview:
Had 15 min of fit questions, a 30min case and an online assessment (quantitative).
The fit questions were mostly about what kind of person I am, what I like, how I would describe myself and what I am involved in in campus (looking for scenarios showing leadership and the ability to take initiative and be creative).
Online assessment was quite tricky as it is timed and its quite difficult to read and interpret the data given as well as answer the questions under such time pressure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case: Market Sizing Question - Estimate the value of the bottled water market in the UAE.
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Round 0 had an assessment, round 1 had 1 case with a human then 1 case with a chatbot. The cases weren’t too complicated mostly revolving around profitability and break even pricing, but the subject matter was niche.
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