I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Aug 2013
Interview
After a recruiting presentation at the university, there was an initial test (GMAT-based). Those who got approved were scheduled two interviews with Project Leaders. The last round was composed of two interviews with Partners or Principals, mostly with Partners.
The office is extremely customized and beautiful. As I have been interviewed with all major consulting companies, I can tell that there was a very friendly, relaxed environment, in which the interviewers sincerely wanted to know you better, both from a business and form a personal point of view.
In hindsight, I could see that several points mentioned in the recruiting presentation (such as respect for the employees and informal culture) were definitely true. I did not have similar experiences in the rival firms.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the most important factors to look into in the merger of two very big pharmaceutical companies? Inside each of these factors, which further areas deserve more attention?
As the case progressed, more data was available for the candidate.
In the end, the interviewer asked about recommendations for the client, which naturally was one of the pharmaceutical companies.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Texas City, TX) in Apr 2026
Interview
you get a brief description of 2 interviewers who will be interviewing you beforehand, it is back to back cases, 45 min each. 10 mins on intro and soft question, 30 mins on case, 5 mins for questions at end. they call you within a day or 2 letting you know you progressed to next round. Next round which is final round is with more senior people, MDPs and Partners. Same structure but instead of being online they fly you into the office.
There was an online one to one case interview of 20 minutes with a project manager after the first round of virtual case interviews. I was asked on a business case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What to do to increase car-maker X's sale revenue by 2 times in 5 years?
I was not offered an interview because I did not pass the online case assessment, which was a required screening step in the recruitment process during the initial application stage