BCG BCG Vantage – Client Focus

Why complete this 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-paced

3-4 hours

No grades

No assessments

Welcome to the BCG Vantage Client Focus Job Simulation. We’re so excited to have you here with us!

BCG Vantage’s Client Focus team is a group of functional and industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. Our experts are affiliated with BCG practice areas and are plugged into the strategic agenda to build and deploy leading-edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insights.

Our BCG Vantage’s Client Focus team members can be staffed on cases and help co-create insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends, delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function, and complex research and analysis of market information. Our team members also support the People Analytics (PA) business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.

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 its flexibility. You can complete the two-task program anytime, anywhere in the world, allowing you to upskill yourself on 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.

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at BCG. No live sessions, all self-paced.
Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.
Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re a good fit for our team.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Critical Thinking

Data Analysis

Presentation Development

Written Communication

Tasks

Task One: Use your knowledge asset

1-2 hours

Study and analyze your knowledge asset ahead of making a recommendation

What you'll learn

Meet your client SuperCo, a supermarket chain in the US who is trying to achieve net-zero carbon emissions
How consultants in BCG Vantage’s team advise on different carbon mitigation strategies

What you'll do

Review data from three carbon mitigation pilot activities
Determine which strategy should be expanded across SuperCo's locations

Reviews

4.8

I really appreciated how the simulation mirrored real-world strategy consulting frameworks. Analyzing multi-layered carbon mitigation data across strict operational cost ceilings, emission limits, and customer experience criteria provided excellent hands-on practice. It forced me to think critically about strategic tradeoffs and develop optimized hybrid solutions for the client.

Student

Data-Driven Decision Making: The pilot data provides clear metrics (emissions, cost, customer experience) for each initiative, enabling precise comparisons across strategies. The chart in Slide 5 of the presentation visually communicates this, making it easy for executives to grasp the value of Strategy 1. The clarity of the data aligns with BCG’s emphasis on professional, impactful communication.

Student

It helped me gain more understanding of the Sustainability initiatives and its related challenges that organizations face today. It also helped me gain confidence in solving this near real life problem. It built upon my pre-existing consulting skills by seeing the problem in a new way, storytelling with data and simulating a client deliverable submission experience.

Student