Interview Type: Behavioral and Fit Interviews.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: None
Number of Questions: 274
201. If your best friend had to use three adjectives to describe you, which would they be?
202. In one word: describe yourself.
203. In one word: what is the best thing about life?
204.… Read the rest
Case Type: market entry, new market; market sizing.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: sports, leisure & recreation.
Case Interview Question #00772: Your client “24 Hour Fitness” is a privately owned and operated gym and fitness center chain in the United States. The company currently has over 4 million gym members and more than 420… Read the rest
Case Type: new business; market sizing.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: food & beverages; startups; information technology (IT).
Case Interview Question #00773: Our client is Delivery Hero Holding GmbH, a small Internet startup company based in Berlin, Germany. The founders of the startup would like to start a new business in Germany:… Read the rest
Case Type: new business; market sizing.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: property & casualty insurance; information technology (IT).
Case Interview Question #00774: Your client Esurance Insurance Services, Inc. is an American auto insurance provider. The company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate (NYSE: ALL), sells car insurance direct to consumers online… Read the rest
Case Type: new product; market entry.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: software, information technology (IT); startups.
Case Interview Question #00777: Your client Slack Technologies, Inc. is a computer software startup company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, with additional personnel located in Vancouver and Dublin. The company was originally called Tiny Speck, and their… Read the rest
Case Type: market entry.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: banking.
Case Interview Question #00778: The client Deutsche Bank AG (FWB: DBK, NYSE: DB), literally “German Bank”, is an international banking and financial services company with its headquarters in the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers in Frankfurt, Germany. The company has more than 100,000 employees in over… Read the rest
Case Type: increase sale; reduce cost.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: manufacturing; office equipment.
Case Interview Question #00818: Our Client Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) is a metal parts manufacturer headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded as the Metal Office Furniture Company in 1912, Steelcase currently is one of the largest office… Read the rest
Case Type: organizational behavior; operations strategy & optimization.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: financial services.
Case Interview Question #00823: Your client Two Sigma Investments is a New York City-based hedge fund that uses a variety of technological methods, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and distributed computing, for its trading strategies. The firm is run… Read the rest
Case Type: business turnaround.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: telecommunications, network.
Case Interview Question #00833: Our client CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is large telecommunications service provider headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It provides communications and data services to residential, business, governmental and wholesale customers in 36 states. The company operates as a local exchange… Read the rest
Case Type: new product, new technology.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 2nd round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: paper products; food & beverages.
Case Interview Question #00864: Our client Nordic Paper AS is a paper manufacturing company operating in Norway and Sweden. Their product is grease-proof paper which they sell in rolls to “bag converters”. Bag converters are companies which combine… Read the rest
Case Type: investment.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical; non-profit organization.
Case Interview Question #00896: Our client is the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established in April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Since… Read the rest
Case Type: business competition, competitive response.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 2nd round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: retail.
Case Interview Question #00907: Your client Loblaws is the largest discount retailer in Canada, with more than 500 stores spread throughout the country. Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Loblaws stores are mostly located in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division… Read the rest
Case Type: business turnaround.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: retail.
Case Interview Question #00908: The client Jewel-Osco is an American supermarket chain headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Jewel-Osco has 185 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana. Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiaries of… Read the rest
Case Type: operations strategy.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: food & beverages.
Case Interview Question #00909: Your client is the sugar cereal division of General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS), an American multinational distributor and manufacturer of packaged foods. Headquartered in the Minneapolis suburb of Golden Valley, Minnesota, the General Mills company markets many well known… Read the rest
Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) final round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: Aerospace & Defense.
Case Interview Questions #00910: Your client Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland,… Read the rest
Case Type: increase revenues.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical; software, information technology (IT).
Case Interview Question #00911: Your client is GE Healthcare, the health care subsidiary of global conglomerate General Electric (NYSE: GE). Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, GE Healthcare produces a wide variety of medical instruments and related… Read the rest
Case Type: reduce costs; operations strategy, outsourcing.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: manufacturing; consumer products.
Case Interview Question #00912: The client Atlantis Plastics is a national manufacturer of plastic consumer products headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The company has three main product lines – (1) freezer bags, (2) plastic plates and utensils,… Read the rest
Case Type: growth; investment.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 2nd round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: paper products; packaging.
Case Interview Question #00913: Your client Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty papers sold to commercial printers. The company’s main line of business is self-adhesive sheeted papers that are ultimately used in a variety… Read the rest
Case Type: market entry; market sizing.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: consumer products; cosmetics, beauty products.
Case Interview Question #00927: Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) is an American consumer products conglomerate headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Its main products include cleaning agents, and personal care products. The company structure has… Read the rest
Case Type: increase revenue.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: airlines; automotive, motor vehicles.
Case Interview Question #00930: Our client American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating an extensive international and domestic network, American Airlines is the world’s largest airline by fleet size and revenue, and… Read the rest