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Neil, I was an experienced hire as well, so can definitely relate. The hardest part for your will likely be to get an interview. McK is probably most open, assuming you have a specific expertise se... (more)

Congrats on getting these interviews in the first place! We are looking for the same qualities in the written case as in the verbal one. You should have 1 hour to prepare so there's a little more time... (more)

I would recommend spending about 1 - 2 minutes on each question. You have a lot to get to in the interview. Less than a minute will make you seem rehearsed and shallow and more than 2 minutes for each... (more)

The reason why BCG potential test is so difficult is because of the time constraint. So what I did was work on any questions from the BCG potential test I could find and try to solve them super qui... (more)

Hi Archi, thanks for your questions, I think you raised some interesting points on networking. All in all, the questions you ask a consultant in a business environment pre interview should ideal... (more)

Let me take a crack at this (in English) since no-one has addressed this. Top consultancies typically want the best people regardless of their background. Yes, some roles are reserved to individual... (more)

Hey Margherita, I've done the BCG on-line test at the end of Sept within my university (Politecnico).There was no numerical test, only a study case with 23 questions / 45 min (or less). Each que... (more)

Hi, There are 2 types of BCG tests: GMAT-like test with questions similar to GMAT Online Test that is based on a case and has the questions closer to PST I have uploaded both test samp... (more)

Hi, BCG Gamma is basically data science. It will be similar to any data science job in technology. You'll be working with SQL, Python, etc. programming and analyzing data. Its career progression is... (more)

Great to see you guys leveraging this platform (apart from your b-school consulting clubs) to find partners and crack cases. While you get into the intense prep, do take care of the following: - Ge... (more)

One of my clients went through this in the Munich office just a few weeks ago (and yes, she got an offer). The real life portion of the interviews were 3 12-minutes live cases where you basically have... (more)

This is a great, great question... that I suspect no-one can systematically answer :) Unless you have spent significant time working for or with all three, how can you truly compare? FWIW, I only k... (more)

The basic ones, like "why consulting," "why BCG," or "XYZ on your resume looks cool, tell me about that" are common. But you only have a very short time for the behavioral interview portion since the... (more)

Hi! there are no "typical" fit questions at BCG Germany. It is up to each interviewer to shape this part to their liking / whatever worked best previously.​ In general it always helps to stay ge... (more)

I assume you gonna have at least two interviews each at least half an hour but usually it takes longer. Normally, they’d provide you with two ordinary case studies and, in addition, an online-case. Be... (more)

Hey Anonymous B, a certain element of this is luck, of course. But networking and recruiting events really help. Also during the recruiting day, there is a reason why you meet a bunch of differe... (more)