By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated October 5, 2026 The BCG one-way video interview is a recorded, asynchronous screen, run on the Spark Hire platform, where you answer about three behavioral and motivation questions on camera, roughly three minutes each, with unlimited time to think but effectively one take. You opened an…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated October 5, 2026 The BCG Pymetrics test is a roughly 25-minute online assessment of 12 short mini-games (now a Harver product) that measure cognitive and behavioral traits like risk tolerance, attention, and memory, not business knowledge. In 2026, BCG still uses it in some offices, but…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated October 2026 The BCG Online Case is a 30-minute, chatbot-led case interview, nicknamed Casey, that you take remotely early in BCG’s process. You answer 8 to 10 questions (multiple choice, open text, a numerical fill-in, and a 1-minute video recommendation), you can use a calculator and…
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Updated June 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The Accenture Digital Assessment is an online screening test that graduate and entry-level consulting candidates complete through Accenture’s Discovery Portal after the application stage. It has two timed sections, a Situational Judgment Test and a Numerical Reasoning Test, runs about 60 to 90 minutes,…
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Updated October 2026 · By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant McKinsey Solve is McKinsey’s online, game-based screening assessment. In 2026 it runs up to three timed games back to back (Red Rock Study, Sea Wolf, and Sustainable Future Lab), and the length on your invitation, 65, 85, or 95 minutes, tells you which ones…
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Florian spent five years at McKinsey as a Senior Consultant and is a highly experienced consulting interviewer and problem-solving coach. Having conducted interviews with hundreds of candidates, he understands exactly what top-tier firms look for in successful applicants.
He founded StrategyCase.com to make top consulting careers more accessible by providing tailored, up-to-date insights into the recruiting process. Recognized as the most successful case and fit interview coach, Florian has helped his clients secure 700+ offers at MBB, Tier-2 firms, Big 4 consulting divisions, in-house consultancies, and boutique firms over the past four years.
He is the author of “The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview,” “The 1%: Case Interview Workbook,” and “Consulting Career Secrets”, all available on Amazon.
