BCG Associate decision round next week. Structure: 2 interviews w/ Partners, 1 live case & 1 written (45 mins w/ materials and 45 mins to discuss findings). Any words of wisdom?

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@OP, my advice would be (a) Look at the question (b) Figure out a framework to answer (c) start with some hypotheses then (d) use the exhibits given to prove/disprove your hypotheses

I’d advise against looking at the exhibits in too much detail before you lay out a framework and hypotheses!!! Exhibits are designed to throw you off so if you look at them too soon, you’re likely to fall into analysis paralysis mode. Do framework and hypotheses first then look at exhibits!

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Have fun with it

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Has to be Chicago office, right? Probably the only office that does the written case...

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Chi still does written. So do some others. Total mixed bag. Having given and received several formats, I love the written case. Way better than fishing for the right handout

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^ The written was my favorite too!

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I second C1 - best approach to the written case

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C1 that’s very helpful, thanks for the advice!

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Is this the second round? I have my first round in November

What city?

I thought they stopped doing written cases. They found no correlation between performance on the written portion and employee performance.

RB 1 Yeah it’s the Chicago office

How could anyone find a correlation on a self selected population anyway

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