Boston Consulting Group Consultant interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Lisbon, Lisbon DistrictPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process felt tough in a very specific way: I could tell my fit component wasn’t landing smoothly.

The questions in that phase felt unclear and sometimes didn’t connect well with each other, and I missed that sense of structure and intention that usually keeps fit interviews consistent. Even so, the case part itself ran within what I expected for consulting, without major surprises in the actual case flow.

Alongside that, I also experienced the broader process as fairly well run. The HR and the people coordinating it were helpful and communicated clearly, and I didn’t feel like I was walking into chaos. Overall, the contrast stayed with me: cases followed the expected consulting pattern,

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