BCG | Strategic & Experience Design

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

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

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

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

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-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

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

So what exactly is a job simulation? It is the perfect opportunity to take on practical tasks similar to what our very own BCGers would work on. You’ll get a true feel of what it is like to work at BCG giving you a deeper understanding of what BCG does and help set you up for success when you decide to apply with us.

In this job simulation, you’ll learn about Human Centered Design within BCG X. BCG X is at the forefront of technology - our teams solve the most challenging and impactful problems posed by digital acceleration. The Design Team acts as the user advocate making sure the technology and service solutions address the right user problems and are also easy and delightful to use.

Within the Design Team, there are two types of designers: Strategic Designer and Experience Designer.

A Strategic Designer is an individual who is passionate about advocating for user needs and the user experience throughout the design process. They craft and lead efforts to explore new domains and situations, make sense of research data, and work with a talented team of people to create solutions inspired by those insights.
An Experience Designer is an individual who is passionate about user experience (UX) design and the process of creating products that provide meaningful and relevant interactions. This involves the design of the omnichannel experience of integrating the product, including aspects of branding, design, usability, and function.

This is your chance to experience a day in the life of a Strategic or an Experience Designer. After finishing each task (change module with task), you’ll be provided with real-life work sample answers from our leaders and you can see how top-tier consultants and our 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.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Design Management

Design Systems

Ethnographic Research

Visual Design

Information Synthesis

Ideation

Concept Development

User Personas

How it works

Introduction from BCG

Hear Amber Grewal, Global Talent Managing Director at BCG, introduce the program.Explore Our Job Sims

Tasks in this program

Task One: Strategic Design

30-60 mins

Intermediate

Understand the users through strategic planning

What you'll learn

Who your client is - An Indonesian Bank who want to develop a new banking product for millennials
How to conduct research to understand your customer

What you'll do

Evaluate the different types of research methodologies and select the right approach for the project
Prepare a research plan to present to the client

Reviews

Over 3250

5 Star Reviews

"The interface of the pages are very attractive and quite clear to understand what to do while pursuing the program."-- Student from SRM Institute Of Science & Technology ( Deemed University)

"I enjoyed that there was a lot of independence in this program which taught me to think more critically about what I was going to submit. However, I would appreciate if there was more background or context into my task such as through a video instructor doing it the "BCG way.""-- Student from De La Salle University

"Before enrolling in this virtual experience program, I have never known before that the field of design is actually an incredibly wide field to be explored. With two tasks to be finished in this program, I have learned a lot about strategic and experience design. Thank you!"-- Student from Universitas Indonesia

"Some of the models used for assignment comparison are incompatible with the task (i.e., The task is to do a one-page research plan but the model is a 12-page research plan)"-- Student from University of Queensland

"It was a great experience actually learning what designers work on in their daily life. I understood about the protocol they follow and the requirements in their job."-- High School Student

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