Set to interview at BCG. Any words of wisdom from BCGers on prepping for your style of case studies? :)

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I, too, would like to stay abreast of this topic.

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Congrats! What were you doing at ACN/what practice?

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Good luck. I found the difficulty comparable to doing 6 tequila shots in a row

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Our interviews are also very conversational, so drive and engage your interviewer as much as possible. Good luck!

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Not sure if our style of casing is different from other consulting firms...

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BCG cases are simple but have counter-intuitive “A+” answers that you can get to if you drive hard. Example: profitability problem with high fixed costs, can cut unprofitable product or lower price to drive sales and return to profitability

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Get the numbers right. BCG likes quant. We like to think we drive to insight further than others, primarily in a data driven way.

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IS THIS WORKING YET

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Just went through final rounds. They tied be to a tether ball pole and made me recite the ABC’s backwards

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Seconding quant. I found BCG to be much more numbers driven than most other firms, except for maybe ZS.

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Hahaha. I found this equally parts humorous and helpful. Thank you 😎

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