Hi,
I currently have 2 years left of my studies, but was invited by BCG to do an interview. I was given the choice between interviewing for FT or internship and don't know which one to choose.
Ideally I want a full time job there in the end, so I'm trying to figure out which of the two would give me the highest chances of that. What I've gathered so far is that there is almost no difference in the difficulty of the interviews, if anything the FT interview might actually be easier to get accepted at. From this, to me it would seem like a no-brainer to then go for the FT interview, but then I learned that you get locked out for a period (2 years I think) from interviewing if you fail at the FT interview, and that this does not happen at the internship interview.
Do you have any corrections or additions and which would you go for?
Thank you for taking the time to answer. I have some questions regarding your points: 1 and 2 - Difficulty of internship vs FT interview: I've heard rumors from two current BCG consultants that the internship interview might actually be harder due to fewer internship positions. 3 - Option to reapply: This is the biggest advantage of internship as far as I can tell. But do you know for how long you are unable to reapply after failing af FT interview? If it's 2 years or less, it might not be that big a factor for me since I have two years left of my studies anyway. 4 - chance of turning the internship into FT: If the ultimate goal is FT, isn't getting an intership then just an indirect way of going to FT compared to FT with and added risk of failing to convert?
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