Hi there! Let me preface this by pointing out that I'm nowhere near your number of practice cases, so please take everything with a grain of salt. However, I have plenty of experience with long, drawn-out processes (and the frustration that comes with them), so I've decided to add my 2 cents.
First off, being frustrated is not a good mindset. Yes, you need to know a lot for a case interview, but ultimately every case interview comes down to being creative, and that just won't work while frustrated. It sounds like you might have gotten more and more stressed and anxious while preparing, and that can really get in the way of growth. Further, while frustrated/stressed we tend to grasp at things we know - in this case, it might cause you to lean on pre-existing frameworks, and to pursue branches irrelevant to the case in front of you.
Second, you already adress some aspects you're aware of and which you can easily work on. If you need to practice drawing conclusions from graphs, look at reports by consulting firms and try to come up with the conclusions they draw. You'll find plenty available on the internet. Likewise, if you're perceived as unstructured looking at some more case types (M&A, pricing, new product, ...) and the existing frameworks might help. And if you need to practice structuring a framework, I'd recommend downloading case books. Those will give you plenty of prompts you can practice with.
Third, your BGOT approach sounds too cookie-cutter, like a catch-all that will take up too much time and have you ask too many questions, thereby making you seem unstructured. This is something you can fix by acquiring background knowledge, and I'd recommend looking at a few big markets - notably the one of the country you're applying in, but also China, the US, ... I'd also recommend looking at different industries and the challenges they face right now. This should help you ask more directed questions.
Lastly, please keep in mind that you can reschedule the interview. No one wins if you're not ready - you will have wasted time, and so will BCG. It doesn't seem to be any issue to reschedule. I did not, also with BCG, and I really wish I had. Don't make that mistake.
Hope this helps! Don't worry - you'll get there.
Hi there! Let me preface this by pointing out that I'm nowhere near your number of practice cases, so please take everything with a grain of salt. However, I have plenty of experience with long, drawn-out processes (and the frustration that comes with them), so I've decided to add my 2 cents.
First off, being frustrated is not a good mindset. Yes, you need to know a lot for a case interview, but ultimately every case interview comes down to being creative, and that just won't work while frustrated. It sounds like you might have gotten more and more stressed and anxious while preparing, and that can really get in the way of growth. Further, while frustrated/stressed we tend to grasp at things we know - in this case, it might cause you to lean on pre-existing frameworks, and to pursue branches irrelevant to the case in front of you.
Second, you already adress some aspects you're aware of and which you can easily work on. If you need to practice drawing conclusions from graphs, look at reports by consulting firms and try to come up with the conclusions they draw. You'll find plenty available on the internet. Likewise, if you're perceived as unstructured looking at some more case types (M&A, pricing, new product, ...) and the existing frameworks might help. And if you need to practice structuring a framework, I'd recommend downloading case books. Those will give you plenty of prompts you can practice with.
Third, your BGOT approach sounds too cookie-cutter, like a catch-all that will take up too much time and have you ask too many questions, thereby making you seem unstructured. This is something you can fix by acquiring background knowledge, and I'd recommend looking at a few big markets - notably the one of the country you're applying in, but also China, the US, ... I'd also recommend looking at different industries and the challenges they face right now. This should help you ask more directed questions.
Lastly, please keep in mind that you can reschedule the interview. No one wins if you're not ready - you will have wasted time, and so will BCG. It doesn't seem to be any issue to reschedule. I did not, also with BCG, and I really wish I had. Don't make that mistake.
Hope this helps! Don't worry - you'll get there.