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BCG Technology and Digital Advantage (TDA) - Preparation

BCG BCG Technology advantage Digital McKinsey Digital transformation

Most recent answer on Oct 07, 2023

Alberto

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Ex-McKinsey Associate Partner | +15 years in consulting | +200 McKinsey 1st & 2nd round interviews

Alberto

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gave the best answer on Oct 07, 2023

Ex-McKinsey Associate Partner | +15 years in consulting | +200 McKinsey 1st & 2nd round interviews

Hi there, Congrats on getting the interview with BCG! To your questions: Q: do they only give IT/data/digital cases? Cases normally follow the same structure but their context is around tech / digital themes. You can al ... (read entire answer)

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Qualifications required for Digital Consulting firms?

accenture digital Deloitte Digital Digital McKinsey Digital transformation DigitalBCG

Most recent answer on Sep 28, 2023

Clara

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McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Clara

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gave the best answer on Apr 30, 2021

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! Honestly, there is no bad choice there. I would try to decide by looking into other KPIs that are equeally or more important, such as which one has the strongest alumni network, which one has the people loca ... (read entire answer)

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Digital strategy topics

Digital Digital Case Digital Innovation Digital Interview Digital McKinsey Digital transformation

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Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Apr 12, 2021

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello Roberto, I think that you should take a step back on this. You can be asked any type of case, being the most frequent ones: 1. Profitability cases- basic profitability framework. 2. Idea generation case ... (read entire answer)

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Looking for exciting discussions from the community?

Best consulting firms for Digital

Digital Digital Case Digital transformation DigitalAssessment

Most recent answer on Sep 28, 2023

Florian

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Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Florian

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gave the best answer on Apr 12, 2021

Highest-rated McKinsey coach (ratings, offers, sessions) | 500+ offers | Author of The 1% & Consulting Career Secrets

Hey there, For strategic digital transformations, etc have a look at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, their practices, and recent acquisitions. If you want to look more for long-term IT implementation projects, Accenture et al ... (read entire answer)

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Digital transformation framework

Digital digital assessment Digital Case Digital Innovation digital marketing Digital transformation DigitalAssessment DigitalBCG digitalconsultant

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gave the best answer on Apr 11, 2021

Hi there, Based on type of question, grammar, and topic of question, I'm guessing this post has been made by Roberto? You'll see from a quick Q&A search that there is a lot of content already here! https://www ... (read entire answer)

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Digital transformation cases for luxury / retail / FMCG

Digital transformation FMCG Retail

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gave the best answer on Mar 02, 2023

Hi there, I'm glad you asked :) https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/intermediate/yodaphone-195 I wrote this based on an actual project I worked on with BCG. Feel free to m ... (read entire answer)

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Digital Strategy Market Sizing

Big 4 Digital transformation MBB mbb big4 Siemens Advanta Consulting Siemens Management Consulting (SMC)

Most recent answer on Aug 07, 2022

gave the best answer on Jul 28, 2022

Hi there, Market sizing is the same no matter the topic/industry! All the same rules apply. Now, I have a background in digital (former IT Consultant, worked with Platinion+GAMMA at BCG), so feel free to reach out for s ... (read entire answer)

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How to effectively understand articles on newsletter and websites of consulting firms?

Digital McKinsey Digital transformation insights McKinsey & Company

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Mamoun

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Prepares you to crack ALL cases | Interviewer with recent cases, 150+ interviews, 6+ years exp (France, MENA)

Mamoun

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gave the best answer on Jul 31, 2022

Prepares you to crack ALL cases | Interviewer with recent cases, 150+ interviews, 6+ years exp (France, MENA)

Hey, Good idea to try to educate yourself on different industries, it will help improve your business sense which is one of the key dimensions tested during a case. To do that, you can read articles directly from newsp ... (read entire answer)

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Accenture - Strategy Consultant

Accenture Strategy Banking Digital transformation MBB

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Adi

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Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Adi

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gave the best answer on May 10, 2021

Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Hey, Which office/location are you referring to? I have provided a lot of information previously on Accenture in the Q&A forum. Check out this and embedded threads to check if these give you some more informati ... (read entire answer)

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How to approach bank transformation cases?

Banking Digital transformation

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Adi

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Adi

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gave the best answer on May 02, 2021

Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience

Hi, Some pointers for you below. Also check out this thread:https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum?query=transformation&status[]=own-answers-only&tab=your&company-session-id=0&sort=most-relevan ... (read entire answer)

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Has anyone had experience interviewing/working for Publicis Sapient?

Digital transformation interview process

Most recent answer on Apr 30, 2021

Anonymous A asked on Jul 09, 2019

I've been invited to interview for a consulting role at Publicis Sapient and can't really find much online about the process or even the work they do. Are they held in high regard? I understand they're in digitial t ... (read entire question)

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Case interview expectations for EY Consulting (formerly EY Advisory)

Agile Digital transformation Ernst & Young

Most recent answer on Dec 21, 2020

Antonello

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McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Antonello

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gave the best answer on Dec 21, 2020

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi, I've recently supported Grande Ecole students with their preparation for EY Consulting and other companies in Paris. Feel free to reach out to me, I'll be happy to discuss some insights together. Best, Anton ... (read entire answer)

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Do you have a question for our consulting experts, too?

Management consulting to digital/tech

Digital transformation digitalconsultant information technology PwC

Most recent answer on Jul 20, 2020

gave the best answer on Jul 19, 2020

Hi there, A bit more information/context would be helpful but I'll do what I cna with the information provided :) First, yes, this transition is possible. I'd say it's "medium" difficulty. It completely depends on ... (read entire answer)

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Less than 48 hours to prepare for case interview

Digital transformation tier 2 consulting top tips

Most recent answer on Feb 03, 2020

Francesco

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Feb 03, 2020

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Hi Lancelle, in terms of the timeline, as mentioned in the other comments I would recommend rescheduling the interview if possible if you don't feel prepared. In terms of the preparation, do you have to go through w ... (read entire answer)

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What kind of frameworks can I apply to solve case study for a FinTech Consultant role at Deloitte Canada?

Deloitte Consulting Digital transformation fintech

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Francesco

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gave the best answer on Jan 12, 2020

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Hi Anonymous, the initial structure you use in a case depends on the case itself – thus just knowing the position is for a FinTech Consultant role doesn’t make possible to suggest a specific one you could use. It is l ... (read entire answer)

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What are the big trends that will reshape the business environment?

business acumen business analyst Business consultant business knowledge business technology digital assessment Digital transformation digitalization improving profitability Trend

Most recent answer on Oct 01, 2019

Alex Carter asked on Oct 01, 2019

This Question is about the trends that is evolving in the market to reshape your business. You can either acquire these trends which can improve your business or competition in the market can make you acquire these new ... (read entire question)

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Case interview Accenture Digital: Digitising client experience

case study digital marketing Digital transformation

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Sep 24, 2018

Hey there, Having done a customer experience case before, a useful way to structure it is to think about this is to break it down in terms of the "Customer Journey" - i.e. how your customers interact with you, and at ... (read entire answer)

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EPM VS BT Roles

Accenture Digital transformation growth strategy McKinsey MMB

Recent activity on May 22, 2018

Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Sidi

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gave the best answer on May 21, 2018

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi Ekundayo, the central difference between these two "entities" lies in what they are focusing on. Organizational Performance Management This includes activities which ensure that an organization's operative g ... (read entire answer)

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BCG Platinion - Case

BCG BCG Platinion Digital transformation IT IT Architecture Platinion

Recent activity on Mar 10, 2018

Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Mar 09, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, I have not seen any digital cases online. But here is a list of potential topics you need to know. It is a full list and looks scary but they test a lot of these concepts depending on the particular role: Basi ... (read entire answer)

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Digital cases?

BCG Technology advantage Case Interview Digital transformation digitalization Experienced expert McKinsey Tech case technology

Recent activity on Oct 18, 2017

kim

kim gave the best answer on Oct 18, 2017

Please feel free to challenge, but could this be one approach: 1: The WHY? Understand why we want to digitalize? Is it to be a market leader or to fast-follow? 2: The WHAT? What is the cost base of w ... (read entire answer)

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