I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Tokio) in Jan 2024
Interview
Originally applied for the London office, got rejected from there... my 3rd option was Tokyo... they reached out to me and I went through the following:
Test: Simple math test with numerical part and behavioural part (with over 370 questions in behavioural!!)
1st Round Interview: I only had 1 interview in this round. The nice guy told me I could do the behavioural part in Japanese (10 minutes with just jikoshoukai) and the case in English. They come up with a case (fermi estimation) off the top of their head on the spot based on you, your hobbies, the place youre from, whatever works for them. They gave me "How many Japanese students are in the UK". This I did in english, and went very well. This case lasted 30 minutes.
2nd round: This guy was the worst. I thought it would be the same 10 mins of behavorial in Japanese and then the case in English, but he chose to keep it all in Japanese - even though the recruiting team told me that I can choose to do the interview in either partially in English and mostly Japanese or partially in Japanese and mostly English... nevertheless, same structure as before but the interview was 45 minutes... same fermi estimation... I got: "What would be the daily sales of your nearby supermarket?"... he was quite arrogant, and frankly looked a bit depressed and very tired.
Overall, good learning opportunity. Though, frankly feel I should have had the opportunity to do the case in English (which is my strength)
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Question 1
How many Japanese students in the UK
Estimate daily sales of your nearby supermarket
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Paris) in Oct 2023
Interview
Réponse 3 semaines après l'envoi de la candidature.
- Premier tour : test type GMAT (80 questions en 30min) dans les locaux + entretien en visio (fit/étude de cas).
- Deuxième tour : cas écrit sur place + entretien en visio ou sur place
- Troisième tour : 2 entretiens sur place
Un consultant vous coach dès le premier tour. Le feedback se fait sous une semaine par la RH, qui détaille les axes d'amélioration et les points forts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cas assez inhabituels qui nécessitent de sortir des frameworks classiques
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (São Paulo, ) in Oct 2023
Interview
O processo consiste em: Prova online, checagem de currículo, primeiro round de entrevistas e segundo round de entrevistas. Muito bem definido e com diversas sessões da empresa para auxiliar durante o processo
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No primeiro round foram aplicados dois cases de lucratividade com gráficos e tabelas. No segundo round foi aplicado case de precificação e entrada de mercado