Hey fishes! I applied to a BCG Asia office 12 months ago with a partner referral & got auto-rejected. I didn't really know the partner well but he offered to refer me anyway after a 10 min call. I'm not sure if I got rejected because my profile sucks, or because I'm not from that Asian office/got an impersonal referral from the partner.
I have a warm connection with an associate from the BCG N. American office in my home town & am considering applying now (i.e. 12 months post-rejection). Cont

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MBB in singapore has been less inclined to hire visa required talent recently. Not sure if that’s where you applied.

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What level are you applying at? 1-2 more years of experience is a material difference for associate level.

To be honest it sounds like you should be making more effort to improve your resume than worrying about whether a “warm connection” with an associate will help get an interview. Getting a referral is only a very small (and not mandatory) part of the process.

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I’m not in North America so a bit difficult for me to unpick the strength of your background but I’d say apply now and go for MBA in two years if you don’t make it this time around. Your background should be easily good enough to get into a top ten MBA and from there anything is possible.

(Side point: do you have right to work in the Asian country you applied? It can be very difficult to justify expat hires at associate level even if you got the referral.)

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Echo MC1’s message. If you applied for the positions in Greater China, especially in Mainland, but required sponsorship for working visa, its pretty much impossible for you to get the first round for entry level positions.

HK is possible but on hiring freeze for ages not only because of Covid but the general business demand has been dropping significantly compared to the demands in Mainland.

Tier 2 are the same, B4 may consider sponsoring, but pay 🥜

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my resume is not expected to have any material improvements in the next 1-2 years. So should I leverage my only warm referral & apply now OR wait until I have better experience (may be 2+ years later)?

really appreciate the feedback! i decided to apply anyway with my warm referral to the US office & if that doesnt work I'll reapply with a better profile (i.e. better jobs and/or MBA). I did have work authorisation in the Asian office, so that couldnt have impacted by candidacy.

Out of curiosity, does how does a referral impact BCG recruitment (i.e. is it ok having just any generic reference in the system OR should i only apply once i have a strong reference?) Also how does the # applications sent impact future candidacy (i.e. if i applied to BCG 2x so far & get rejected woudl i be blacklisted for applying a third time, are applications tracked globally or by office)

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