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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 1-2 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to BCG. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Network Opportunities

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 1-2 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to BCG. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at BCG. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced1-2 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntroductory

Welcome to BCG’s job simulation! We’re so excited to have you here with us!

BCG partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark impactful change through leading-edge management consulting as well as data science, technology and design, digital ventures, and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization to deliver results that help our clients thrive.

In this job simulation, you will gain enviable insight into what it’s like to solve meaningful challenges with our diverse and forward-thinking team. What’s great about our job simulation is the flexibility of it. You can complete the two-task program anytime, anywhere in the world, allowing you to upskill yourself in your own time and at your own pace.

After finishing each module, you’ll be provided with real work sample answers from our leaders, and you can see how our top-tier consultants and designers would have tackled each task so that you can learn from their approach.

Disclaimer: Participation in this job simulation is not an employment relationship with BCG. It is our policy that you do not list your completion of this program as work or internship experience on your CV, LinkedIn, or any other social media or professional platform. For guidance on how to accurately represent your experience, review the Forage CV referencing policy.

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Skills you will learn and practice:

Critical Thinking

Creativity

Brainstorming

How it works

Introduction from BCG

Explore Our Job Sims

Tasks in this program

Task One: Challenge your Mental Models

30-60 mins

Introductory

Acknowledge and challenge the assumptions that guide today’s thinking

What you'll learn

How to think creatively like a BCG consultant by shifting your mental models

What you'll do

Watch a TED talk about creativity in business from a global leader at BCG
Complete a Paradigm-Busting activity

Reviews

Over 35100

5 Star Reviews

"IT JUST BOOSTS UP THE CREATIVE THINKING AND HOW TO INCULCATE THE DOUBT NATURE AND FIND STRATEGIES ACCORDINGLY."-- Student from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

"The program references sources that can be accessed at your own pace. The lack of time pressure helps in taking notes and creating a thorough understanding of the concepts at hand."-- Student from Imperial College

"The program made me aware of the importance of mental boxes and how I can use them to guide the process of ideation. I have always found "out-of-the-box thinking" a difficult task, but the given framework puts this in a different perspective and facilitates brainstorming."-- Student from Universiteit Antwerpen

"The program provided me exposure to what it's like to work on a consulting project at BCG, learning how to challenge mental models and brainstorm effectively and strategically."-- Student from University of Toronto

"To be honest I learnt a lot through this simulation, especially through those short videos of BCG's team members explaining what it takes to approach a problem statement before every task in this course. It really pushed me to put some time in brainstorming and then approach a question or my own assumption based on valid reasons. So, yeah overall i..."-- Student from My institution is not listed

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