Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Consulting Group with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 226 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Consulting Group overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Consulting Group as a Associate Consultant according to 226 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 42%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Phone interview: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 4%
Other: 4%
Group panel interview: 1%
Drug test: 0%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group in Mar 2010
Interview
The company is doing really good on hiring people. From the first test I had, I felt like they are carefully guiding me through the hiring process, they were always very friendly and polite.
I had 6 rounds of interviews, including general test (GMAT-like), online case, group case discussion and three interviews with project leaders and a managing director.
Even though I did not get the job, I received a very useful feedback on my performance and I believe that this experience was a great and valuable one.
For the candidates my advice will be - you should really practice cases, as it is a main factor BCG considers during decision making. Have a structure, but not the classic frameworks like 5 forces (these piss them off).
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Calculate market for non-alcoholic beer in Czech republic.
Great experience at the interview. All interviewers were very nice and open to discuss anything. The cases were challenging but appropriate for the type of work you are interviewing for. I would recommend people to apply there.
I applied online. I interviewed at Boston Consulting Group (Lisbon, Lisbon District) in May 2026
Interview
One virtual assessment followed by four in person case study interviews.
Two fourty five minute case study interviews and if the candidate passes another two fourty five minute case study interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One case study about an airline and another about the banking industry
2 one-to-one interviews with fit questions and case studies. One is about the mining industry's efficiency increase, and the other is the PE decision in investment in a specific electronic vehicle.