I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Zürich) in May 2015
Interview
Application:
It is difficult to find a website offering the experience, look and feel of ... 1985. I suppose some people are not aware we are in 2015.
While you fill in Internet forms, beware: informations are not kept in the account once you exit (even if you saved before). You will have to fill in again once you reconnect. Better to do it in one shot. Plenty of technical errors (500, internal errors).
Interview process:
Business Consulting Group is looking to attract "talent" - however, the interviewer is not aware that there is fine line between arrogance and confidence.
The whole process was unstructured: incorrect interview dates, several corrections, plenty of "eeeeh", "baby talk and gestures" coming from the interviewer. Unprofessional. Amateur, at best.
That is why I declined.
I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Jakarta)
Interview
- CV
- Online Casey
- First Round 2x interview with Principal
- Second Round 2-3x interview with Partners
Overall not very hard if you trained well, although i imagine
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interview standards, sometimes a bit abstract especially on partner level
3x case interviews, interviewee led, questions about experience and relevant background, always dig deeper to understand details eg on leadership experience. Cases vary all the time, need to ne ready for anything. Thinking js rewarded
Case interview about merger and acquisition
Was medium difficulty has a lot of brainstorming and analytical elements
Required quick thinking structuring and deep analysis to really ace it easily
Practice is def mandatory and failure to do so will lead to failure