BCG Strategy Consulting

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 4-5 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. 4-5 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-paced4-5 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

Welcome to BCG’s Strategy Consulting 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 and get a true feel of what it is like to work at BCG as a strategy consultant, technology consultant, and a designer which will give you deeper understanding on what BCG does and help set you up for success when you decide to apply 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’ll get to choose the module or modules that you would like to take and complete all of these tasks and modules anywhere and anytime in the world, allowing you to upskill yourself in your own time and pace.

After finishing each module, you’ll be provided with real 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.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Contextual Understanding

Trend Analysis

Competitive Review

Data Literacy

Benchmarking

Impact Forecasting

Question Development

Customer Analytics

Trade-off Analysis

Pattern Recognition

How it works

Tasks in this program

Task One: Background Information

20-30 mins

Introductory

Reviews

Over 38200

5 Star Reviews

"This virtual experience program helped me to think in a way of how any organization runs and what all parameters are helpful to develop your skills."-- Student

"The way the program was designed ,was very simple yet so much knowledgeful and makes us think on our feet which will develop each skillset needed to be a consultant . The minimal interactions with the team leaders and model answers helped to identify our own shortcomings."-- Student from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

"Very thorough preparation for a role as a strategy consultant. I will definitely be coming back to the downloaded sample answers to refresh my memory and to guide me in my real life work. Thank you for this opportunity!"-- Student from University of Botswana

"Please provide suggestions for improvement to the students and increase their experience by putting small time limits like after clicking this student has to submit required document within stipulated time, thus time-management skill will be included"-- Student from National Institute of Industrial Engineering

"Amazing experience, the experience taught me how to approach to a problem in a structured way with only keeping in mind key steps."-- Student

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