Hi there,
I‘ve seen a comment on one of my older question - so i figured some other might be interested.
I was given an offer (and accepted it) for a IT Consultant Role at Platinion in Germany.
What are your experiences from the BCG Platinion hiring journey?
First of all, the consultants and MD within platinion, never put you in the corner, they want to solve the case together with you.
With that out of the way, this is the wav I‘ve prepped:
1. Established deeper technical understanding of different IT topics relevant (e.g. Modern architecture, PMI, Agile operating model, etc.) by reading whitepapers, news, articles - whatever fits your knowledge gaps.
2. Casing. Since the amount of test cases is scarce, i obviously conducted the two platinion cases given here on preplounge. Besides that I prompted ChatGPT to act as a coach/interviewer to get reps in and be comfortable with casing.
It is like an unlimited textbook full of cases. But you should double check on reasoning especially calculations - it sucks there tbh.
3. Feedback from friends for personal fit & presentation/conciseness.
This really helped on adressing my weaknesses in my personal appearance.
Now to the interview experience:
1. Cases
Topics were from different industries (aviation, banking, insurance, energy) all from the background of your corresponding interview partners. Since you get the names upfront you might find information and anticipate relevant industries.
2. Case types
All 4 interviews were candidate led and about 30-60 minutes. MD took on the role of a challenger in the last round and wanted to get a feel of how I behave under pressure. I think here its important to stay cool and admit when you really do not have knowledge about deep technological questions - at this point I stated that I would be adressing this topic within the knowledge network of platinion.
Generally:
Always focus on „what is the implied business impact of the technical solutions/approach“. They highly emphasize this.
Also be concise with your answers. Rather take 5-10s for you answer than start rambling.
They are all just human and not as intimidating as it appears to be beforehand.
For everybody going through this process - you got this. Just be yourself in the interviews and do the prep so you feel comfortable!
Cheers :)
