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Company hire and 2 rounds of case interviews , one with 2 partners and one with 2 mdps The key is to get into the first round with good networking and be prepared with case interviewed. They are all pretty smart and have their strong opinions quick.

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Began with an initial screening which is quite simple, it is good to know as much about the company as possible and then just some basic questions such as what is a random forest. Then move on to a coding test which focuses on standard data manipulation etc. so need to be familar with pandas and there are also some other questions about dimensionality reduction, feature engineering etc. Then move on to case interviews where you do a mixture of business and technical cases but they all seemed quite similar to me. The person giving the case will usually choose something related to their background so be familair with their background and the type of projects they work on.

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It’s been really straightforward, the interviewer was really kind and ask me simple questions. He started with my background, after about my academic and scholar studies and later on specific question for the job.

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I was asked to calculate a market size for online food delivery business in Indonesia. The rest of the questions were just typical fit questions (walk me through your CV, deepdive on your experience, etc).

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  • Market sizing for online food delivery business in Indonesia.
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Resume submission and will need to complete a test. If you pass, you will receive interview invites. Not sure how many rounds are there in total, but I had two and each round had 2 back-to-back interviews.

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  • each had case-like questions; for behavioral questions, why consulting, how do you handle your stress; tell me about a time you failed
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First Round: Video Interview - basic behavioral/HR questions based on past experience Second Round: Hackerrank assessment - mix of coding assessment (coding language of chocie) and subjective questions based on data science

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Very tough I thought the questions were repetitive and the interviewer seemed distracted a lot. I wish I would have known ahead of time because I felt like it was such a waste of my time.

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Critical to ensure you are prepared but otherwise it's a straightforward process - you know the structure beforehand if you have done the necessary research so you can prepare effectively

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2 rounds of interview both fit/ behavioural and cases. Each round has 2 interviews. Good and friendly attitude to applicants. Principals tried to guide me through the interview and ask me questions along the way.

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Typical case interview and fit interview. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable throughout the process. It was a 45 min interview. The case interview part took around 30 mins.

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The entire process was professional, I did well on HM round and I thought I was doing ok on Director round. I haven't hear back until 2 months after the final round.

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The hiring process at Boston Consulting Group takes an average of 29.37 days when considering 2,532 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Associate Consultant Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas MBA roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).

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Hello! I have two interviews, one tomorrow & another one on Friday. I'm preparing cause I feel that I'm not very good at them & I hate that. So, I'm researching, taking notes & praying a whole lot lol! Is it okay to refer to notes during an interview? Should I ask interviewer if it's okay? I wanna do my best & feel it'll help some ... a little more confidence I guess!

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What is a normal/common resume length for c2c/consultant roles in tech? What about a fte resume? My contract role resume used to be 5-6pages, this was 4years ago, prior to covid. Not sure if this is still a norm. Meanwhile my fte resume is concise, 2pages long. I have 10years of exp for reference.

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