For the London office, the deadline for BCG is mid next week - how long will we have to prepare for the potential test if we get invited to do that?
Does Bain have one too?
For the London office, the deadline for BCG is mid next week - how long will we have to prepare for the potential test if we get invited to do that?
Does Bain have one too?
Hi there,
First: There's not much preparation to do for the potential test other than get familiar with the format and prepare for case interviews.
Second: For any application you should be ready to interview in days. It may not be that fast, but it can be.
Hi there,
For BCG I would try to do at least 2-3 simulations of the Potential Test before the actual one, so I would dedicate at least 3-4 hours. If you can find more tests, that's even better.
I would recommend the following approach to prepare:
As additional notes:
Until recently the structure for Bain London was the following (you can check with HR if it is still the same).
If you want to practice on a real example of a BCG Potential Test, you can find the one I created below:
https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop/tests-2/bcg-potential-testonline-case-1-13
With this test you will be able to:
Below you can find a screenshot of the test:
That being said, BCG has been rolling out a new BCG Online Case (also called the Chatbot Interview) since 2019. It is a 8-10 questions test structured in 2 parts:
The main differences compared to the previous version (BCG Potential Test) are the following:
The main challenges based on the candidates I helped are the following:
If you want to prepare for this version of the test in the best possible way, I created a guide exactly for that.
This guide will:
And much more ;)
You can download the guide instantly here:
https://www.preplounge.com/en/shop/tests-2/bcg-online-case-secrets-69
As an extra bonus, I am currently offering the BCG Potential Test #1 (worth $39) and Graph Analysis Cheat Sheet (worth $29) for free with the guide. That may change in the future so hurry up if you are interested ;)
If you need additional support or have any questions on the guide please feel free to PM me, I will reply within 12 hours.
Hope this helps,
Francesco
(edited)
If you have already prepared for case interviews and good at reading charts, analytical thinking, and mental math, then BCG potential is an additional of probably an hour as what you should plan for.
Basically, to prepare you can use some mock potential test, and after every test just look into solution to see where you have gone wrong. 3-4 mock test it would be enough for you to prepare for the potential test.
Regarding Bain, there are very similar.
Cheers,
GB