I applied to BCG at the end of July as an experienced hire and didn't get an interview (just the Pymetrics then a rejection email). A partner was referring me. Should I assume my resume needs major improvement or that my timing for applying was bad (i.e. maybe they'd already completed their experienced hiring for the year)?

I'll probably apply again in a year or so and just want to know what I should be working on.

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If you had a partner referral and did pymetrics, my guess would be that your pymetrics score wasn’t too good

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Agree FM1. To be fair though, I didn't take the test too seriously because everyone said it wasn't actually used to screen OUT people but mainly to screen IN people whose resumes might otherwise have never been picked up. So maybe I had too much "get this over with" mentality when taking it instead of slowing down and thinking more strategically.

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