The consulting case interview is the biggest hurdle for candidates before their McKinsey careers, BCG careers, or Bain careers can take off. Top-tier consulting firms are consistently ranked as the toughest firms to get in for applicants and the case interview plays a big part in the evaluation process, besides the Personal Fit Interview. As…
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I sat together with Mohammad Misbah, @theconsultingguy, on his Consulting Podcast to discuss the current trends in the industry and recruiting. We spoke about: How to get into McKinsey, BCG, and Bain How consulting recruiting is changing in 2021 How to successfully scale a business in times of a pandemic Future plans for StrategyCase.com And many…
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The BCG one-way video interview is a new element in the BCG recruiting format. It has been developed with Spark Hire, who is also responsible for administering the interview. In this article, we discuss 3 things: Everything that is known about the format of the BCG one-way video What questions you have to expect and…
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The BCG Pymetrics Test is a new online assessment developed by BCG and Pymetrics, used to evaluate potential consultants in their recruiting process. With the introduction of this game, BCG is in good company. A year ago, rival firm McKinsey officially launched its McKinsey Problem Solving Game, a fully digital initial assessment of its candidates…
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The BCG Online Case or Chatbot Interview are essential parts of the BCG recruiting process. Getting into the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is one of the toughest in the industry. Only 1-3% of applicants land a consulting job offer with the firm. The first hurdle after the application screening that aspiring BCG consultants need to…
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The consulting interview series With this series, we want to give you insights into how the consulting roles differ across firms and geographies. We reach into our network to talk to people from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain and get their perspectives on their jobs and the industry. If you have any requests for particular firms…
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90% of consulting case interviews will have you interpret charts and data or 100% of top-tier firm interviews such as McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. This article is part of our consulting case interview series. For the other articles, please click below: Overview of case interviews: what is a consulting case interview? How to create a…
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No candidate is perfect. McKinsey, BCG, and Bain know this. Hence, making a mistake during a case interview should not be a definite deal-breaker to land a top-tier strategy consulting offer unless It happens more frequently within one case You mess up throughout several cases on the interview day One mistake triggers a chain-reaction of…
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Aspiring consultants at McKinsey, BCG, and Bain or any of the Big 4 and other consulting firms will have to go through some numerical problems during their case interviews. In fact, in roughly 70% of consulting case interviews, candidates need to demonstrate the ability to handle quantitative problems confidently. For top-tier firms such as McKinsey,…
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A McKinsey career pays well Salary discussions are very important for most applicants at McKinsey, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain after having invested significant amounts of money and time into their prestigious education. In this article, we want to give you an insight into how much money you can expect and how your…
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Florian spent 5 years with McKinsey as a senior consultant. He is an experienced consulting interviewer and problem-solving coach, having interviewed 100s of candidates in real and mock interviews. He started StrategyCase.com with the goal to make top-tier consulting firms more accessible for top-talent, using tailored and up-to-date know-how about their recruiting.
