Boston Consulting Group Data Scientist interview experience

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Los Angeles, CAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter screen where we talked through my motivations, and then I moved into a technical interview with the hiring manager.

After that, I had a second technical interview with a data scientist, which felt like another chance to go deeper into how I think about data science work.

Then the format shifted into full consulting-style case work: I did a business case with partners, followed by a culture fit discussion with directors. By the time I reached the partner and director rounds, it felt less like a coding challenge and more like a test of how clearly I could reason, explain tradeoffs, and show I could work in the consulting setting.

The whole journey took a while, spanning a couple of months from start to

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