I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Perth, Western Australia) in Mar 2016
Interview
The recruitment process in Perth was very smoothly run. BCG provided a buddy to all interviewees for any questions and the interviewers contacted the interviewees the day before to provide some details about themselves. There are two rounds in the process and the first round involved two back-to-back case study interviews.
My advice to all applications is to prepare, prepare, prepare. I am not from a business background at uni and only stumbled upon management consulting recently. Unfortunately that meant that I only started preparing once I got the interview and it just wasn't enough time to master the structure of business case studies and sharpen my maths.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview started with considering different aspects on my CV and cover letter - so know your CV inside out and make sure you think about 'why BCG' and 'why management consulting'.
Typical business case study questions. Definitely worth practising these with friends.
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
