I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Vienna) in June 2015
Interview
Received a call a couple of days after applying online and flew to the interview city a month later.
I was greated by the HR person and brought to my 'interview room' straight away. There was no general company introduction or anything else.
I had 2 case interviews and a online case test afterwards. I felt I did okay on the case interviews but I was told otherwise with a weird explanation (claiming I don't know my personal strengths, I should work on my maths - despite not having had any errors). I had the impression the choice was purely made on sympathy levels and nothing else.
The online case was a bit strange and I definitely underperformed on that.
Overall, the BCG interview experience was highly disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a personal goal you set yourself and didn't achieve it.
The interviewer had to change time the day before even if it was scheduled 1month ago. I had two interviews. The first interviewer seemed quite indifferent. They were both nice conversation tho.
Muy estándar, en total 2 rondas con 2 entrevistas cada una. La primera ronda suele ser más fácil, pero la última con los partners sí te hacen mucho stress test y challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cuéntame sobre tu CV y una experiencia de conflicto que has tenido.
I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group
Interview
Round 0: online aptitude test and problem-solving test; video cover letter
Round 1: online case followed by live case with a consultant
Round 2: 2 live cases back to back