How similar in terms of difficulty are BCG interviews compared to McKinsey interviews? Had a final rd for McKinsey recently but didn’t work out so want to gauge how much additional prep I need for the BCG rd1 interviews I have coming up

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IMHO, depends more on interviewer than the firm. My suggestion: Do more prep, can’t hurt — only help.

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Depends on why you failed. They both test similar things in similar ways, however BCG is interviewee led. This can be seen as more difficult for some.

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I’d say BCG / Bain cases are slightly more difficult than McKinsey as a function of being interviewee led. McKinsey cases tended to be more straightforward without a twist.

Also, the BCG / Bain cases felt more quant heavy and contained twists.

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