Boston Consulting Group Senior Associate interview questions

A series of case interview (4) followed by 2 interviews with Partners; in my case due to mid-career hire for a specific practice area. Case interviews have the following structure: - 10mn to talk about you and why you want to join - 40mn case interview (5mn introduction, 5-10mn to prepare, the rest to solve the case) - 10mn to ask questions to the interviewer about BCG Interviews with partners were not case interviews but were aimed at evaluating industry knowledge and personality.

Round 0: telephone interview. General questions: why BCG, why management consulting etc. After that, the case interviews start. I read most of the preparation available across the internet, but all my cases were impossible to prepare for. You will have to be creative to find a useful framework once the problem is presented to you. Round 1: A) computer test. Case-like number questions with multiple choice answers (+- 1h) B) Case interview + general questions with a project leader (+-1h) Got feedback the next day. Useful stuff to improve for your next round. You are also assigned a "buddy": someone at BCG you can ask any question you'd like but who does not interfere at all with your application procedure. Great system. Round 2: A) In basket case with a principal: around 30-40 pages with text, quotes, graphs, numbers etc. to solve 3 case-like questions. You get 2 hours to prepare some slides to answer these questions. This is followed by a 1h interview where you have to explain your reasoning. Also, the same general questions. B) Case interview + general questions with a principal (+- 1h) This is where your stamina is tested because it's right after the in basket case Got feedback after 2 days. Again useful stuff to improve for your last round. Round 3: A) Case interview + general questions with a project leader (+- 1h) B) Case interview + general questions with a sr. partner (+-45 mins) Got feedback the next day. Did not get an offer but they didn't really explain where I dropped the ball. Sr. partner was 20 minutes late, disinterested from the start and kept using his phone during the interview. Left me with a sour feeling after a generally very positive experience.