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Recommended book for consumer survey (retail practice)?

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Most recent answer on Oct 04, 2022
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Top-Ranked Coach on PrepLounge for 3 years| McKinsey San Francisco | Harvard graduate | 6+ years of coaching
Hello, Could you give a bit more detail as to what you are looking for here?
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BCG Real Life Interview

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School
Vlad
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Hi, BCG Real Life cases are 3 very short cases / business situations that you have to solve. The key difference - they are very time constrained (±10 min) and you don't have to do the full structure and follow through ... (read entire answer)
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What can I expect from BCG's Real Life Cases? How can I prepare myself?

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Most recent answer on Apr 14, 2021
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Bain | passed >15 MBB interviews as a candidate
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Bain | passed >15 MBB interviews as a candidate
Here are some really great answers on the question: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/bcg-real-life-interview-37 And here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/tag-BCG+real+life+current+tasks
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bcg Real life german office news here

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Most recent answer on Mar 08, 2021
Anonymous A gave the best answer on May 04, 2016
bcg case 2nd round german office: 1. your client is a german car rental company, charges 250 Euro for renting out a mercedes s-class. the customer can ride 300km for free and gets charged an additional fee for every e ... (read entire answer)
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How to prepare for BCG 2nd round: BCG real life

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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews
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Ex-MBB, Experienced Hire; I will teach you not only the how, but also the why of case interviews
Marc - no response so far, so I'll take a crack at it. Please understand I am not sure if "real life assesment" is a fancy new exercise, or just the old fit inteview reborn simply under a fancy new name. Either way - it ... (read entire answer)
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BCG real life second round

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Ex Bain Case Team Leader I Focus on Private Equity I +80 interviews conducted at Bain I All cases based on real life cases
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Ex Bain Case Team Leader I Focus on Private Equity I +80 interviews conducted at Bain I All cases based on real life cases
Hey Raphaela, they are not really recent but I remember what I had to do 5 years ago. 1) Hold small talk with a senior client in the taxi 2) "Sell" my favourite hobby to someone who does not like it 3) Write an ... (read entire answer)
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How to prepare for BCG Real Life interview?

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Anonymous B gave the best answer on Mar 14, 2019
Hi, I will also have my 2nd round in Germany soon (maybe we could get in touch). As I know from friends that work at BCG, the real-life interviews will also test the weaknesses that you showed in the first round. ... (read entire answer)
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