Final Selection Criteria

Hi there,

Try not to worry to much about the exact process….no matter what the mechanics are in the background, the same thing is expected of you! That is, that you can break down problem in an objective-driven structured way. That you can navigate the case effectively, communicate clearly, etc. etc.

Now, in general, they do not bring in the 1st round interviews in the final round for evaluation purposes (rather, they're aware of any weaknesses etc). Additionally, it's less go/no-go and more of a discussion. So, in generally, you can't peform too poorly in any single one. Being “average” across all also isn't great.

Again, just strive to be your best…that's all that you can control!

Hi there,

usually each round is its own entity and if you pass a certain stage, prior stages are not revisited in order to make a final decision:

• The CV screening phase determines if you get invited to the first interview round - it doesn't carry any weight for further selection anymore then
• The performance in your interviews determines if you advance - this can be an aggregate score of 2-3 interviews with different interviewers per round
• The final round considers your performance in that round - interviewers might have some additional areas they want to test or double-check (based on prior round observations) but your prior rounds were considered good enough if you made it to the final round
• However, in each interview stage the respective interviewers have to align on the go/no-go decision 

There might be some caveats to this (as always) but this is my general experience with how the recruiting process works.

Hope that helps

Hi there, 

In short, the final round interviewers all need to go agree for you to get an offer. 

If they disagree initially and don't manage to reach an agreement, they usually seek feedback from first-round interviewers and/or ask for the candidate to do another round (but this only happens if at least one of the interviewers feels strongly in favour of you). 

Best,
Cristian

Hi,

Sharing my experience as an interviewer previously at BCG.

The decision for each round is based on your performance in the round itself.

Your final round interviewers will have access to your first round interview evaluations to understand if there are any areas they should further validate/test.

Each interviewer has to give you good enough score for you to to pass the interview. If you have too drastic scores, then thats when either you get rejected or asked for a 3rd read.

Hope this helps!

Hello,

Based on my experience, after you have done all your final round interviewers, the interviewers will get together and discuss your performance. They will have access to your CV and evaluations from prior rounds, but will mostly weight your performance in your final round interviews. They all have to agree on the final outcome (though they don't all have to 100% agree on your performance - for instance if two interviewers feel strongly positive about you while one feels moderately positive, they might come to an agreement to extend you an offer anyway). Best of luck!

It doesn't work like that. You come from a perspective where there would be some written rules that they would have to follow (or some kind of scoring) whereas what interviewers have is guidance and (hopefully) good judgement when appliance that guidance.

So they look at your previous interviews to understand if any concerns were raised and how you did. And then they'll interview you and each interviewer will have a different opinion. They will meet and make a decision together.

While that decision will be mostly based on the case interview on that day, they will also consider previous performance on interviews and any other information. Of course, the interview performance on the last round is the most important factor, and you are expected to at a minimum do “ok” in all of them. But generally to get an offer you will need to at least get one person excited about hiring you, and no one being uneasy towards hiring you.