Firm Profile
Boston Consulting Group
Prepare to discuss your experience and demonstrate analytical thinking through a case conversation.
Overview
BCG’s consulting interview guidance describes skills, case and team interviews. Case interviews for client-facing roles assess problem-solving and analytical skills. Prepare for the personal conversation as well as the case, and confirm the exact stages in your invitation.
Interview process
- 1
Application
Review the role and location requirements before submitting your materials.
- 2
Skills interview
Prepare to discuss your experience, skills and motivation.
- 3
Case interview
Work through a business problem and communicate your reasoning.
- 4
Team interview
Prepare to show how you analyze problems and communicate with others.
What they look for
- Integrity and intellectual curiosity
- Creative thinking grounded in the evidence
- A collaborative mindset
- Drive demonstrated through specific examples
Plan your preparation
Practise proposing a useful next analysis while listening carefully to the interviewer. Explain what each exhibit changes about your view. In personal preparation, connect examples to the role rather than relying on a general statement about wanting to work in consulting.
| Preparation area | Practice task | Self-check |
|---|---|---|
| Skills conversation | Link your experience and motivation to the role | Can you support each claim with a specific example? |
| Case analysis | Interpret exhibits and compare plausible explanations | Do you explain what the evidence means for the decision? |
| Collaboration | Invite clarification and respond to new information | Can you revise your approach without losing structure? |
Adapt to your invitation
Use your recruiter’s instructions to confirm the assessment, interview stages and logistics for your role and location. A general firm profile should not be treated as a fixed global schedule.
Separate a practice habit from a firm rule. Preparing to guide an analysis is useful, but the interviewer may direct the next question. Listen, answer the prompt and make your reasoning easy to follow.
Review your evidence
After a mock interview, record one analytical issue and one communication issue. Repeat the relevant section before attempting another full case. For personal examples, check that you can describe the context, your own decisions and the result without relying on a memorized speech.
Use the firm’s sample material to understand its guidance, then vary the problem in practice. Change the numbers, add a constraint or ask a partner to challenge an assumption. The aim is to make your reasoning adaptable.
Official interview resources
The process overview above is based on Boston Consulting Group’s official interview guidance, reviewed September 2026. The practice tasks are Quick Prep’s preparation suggestions. Compare the other firm profiles and explore case interview practice.
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