Any IT Architects (from BCG Platinion) out there?
Have my first interview round coming up and have never had any „IT strategy“ cases before. Any tips?

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Have you looked through standard strategy case materials online? For the Platinion interviews we still expect you to be structured and hypothesis led in how you talk through the case, albeit with more specific technical expertise than a standard interviewee at BCG.

Ping me if you want to ask anything else. I’m a generalist BCGer, aligned to the technology practise, and I’ve interviewed prospective Plat people.

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I have actually. Got a bit of experience in MC, so these cases are not new to me. Platinion HR said that the cases are going to be very technical and tbh I have only worked in AI, so I don’t have the knowledge on general IT infrastructures etc., that‘s why I am asking

I'm not at BCG platinion but interviewed and got an offer for their system architect position in March. Happy to answer any questions.
Overall, the interviews focused on system design, architecture, how would you do microservices, how would you pick a tech stack etc.
I had a total of 5 virtual rounds. The first one was a more general HR / experience screen. The other 4 are "on site" style so back to back but on the same day and virtual. Each of these 4 rounds were with senior architects who asked me to walk through my past client experience, each of the tech decisions I've taken and why I did it that way and what would I do differently. Overall, very relaxed environment and felt easy esp if you've done system architecture work before.

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What would be an example case?

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