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BCG Online Case Experience

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Recent activity on Oct 23, 2022
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Hi there, One of the questions from last year's test asks you to figure out the increased profit margin when merging 2 entities. Entity A has x profit margin and x % of market share. Entity B has y profit margin and y p ... (read entire answer)
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Most recent answer on Nov 07, 2021
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Manhattan GMAT Critical Reasoning Guide is the best resource out there for these type of questions. Their guides are very helpful and have well designed questions/examples. They helped me get a 770 GMAT score.P.S. I hop ... (read entire answer)
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BCG "Quantitative Math Test" / GMAT like

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Most recent answer on Jul 09, 2020
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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 samples here (Online test is ... (read entire answer)
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Bain Question - Business Case Sample

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Most recent answer on Jun 04, 2020
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Hello! Don´t let them overwhelm you with graphs! It´s only a way to dress in a fancy way simple data. Sales/store= 10 000 * 1000 * 80% = 8M USD/ store Number of stores = 1.2 Bn / 8 M = 150 total stores 11 ... (read entire answer)
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Bain Online Test - Grocery Retail Co. (Guidance on Questions)

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Hi there, I'm very sorry but Clara and Udayan's answers are wrong. The answer is A and D. (Though Answer B for Q1 is indeed tempting) Let's talk through this.... --------------------------------------------------- ... (read entire answer)
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BearingPoint Online Test

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Max asked on Feb 18, 2020
Hi Everyone! does anyone have experience with the online test done for applicants in Germany at BearingPoint? I have just done it and in the results, it shows that im above average in 3 out the 4 categories and in on ... (read entire question)
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Simon Kucher Online Test

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Jun 17, 2017
HI Anonymous, Did mine 2 weeks ago. 18 questions in 25 minutes - you will have a graph or table with data and 2/3 questions per graph. Most questions are about growth rate, percentages, and logic. PM if you want ... (read entire answer)
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