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Smile, make eye contact, be friendly and approachable Q: Why are you here today?

? A: I want to be a consultant for BCG and work in SEA office as SEA is a growing market, and there are a lot of exciting opportunities in the region. Q: Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? A: I see myself as a seasoned consultant with deep industry expertise in one sector and multiple successful relationships with large clients pref. within that sector. I also see myself as making a contribution towards social impact. Q: Why BCG? A: Fresh thinking approach (always treat every problem like a new one and dont refer to prior studies/ assessments). Like the non-hierarchical team-focused culture in approaching problems. Ive met some current and ex-BCGers like Chris and Eunice whom I find to be very smart and fun people. Q: Why consulting? A: Introduction to wide array of industries, opportunities to work in several different horizontals, client-facing environment (emphasis on presentation and people-skills), fresh challenges, and problem-solving like doing what I am doing so I have maintained client relationships and been promoted. Q: What do you know about BCG? A: Has been consistently growing at 15%, opened 10 new offices across past few years, emphasizes the importance of social impact (business@school, Chao Yang School) Q: Why now? Why move from KPMG? A: Move into consulting roles which involve strategic decision making prior to embarking on project initiatives, exposure to cross-country projects, want to travel. Q: What type of work do you like best? What do you find most challenging? A: Work that is innovative and entrepreneurial (MOH healthcare exemption, OCBC Credit Card). Challenging Work/ Life Balance, handling difficult clients. (IAL Jason) Q: What accomplishments have given you the greatest satisfaction? A: Sale for 90db, Q: What are your key strengths? A: Presentation (asked to present several times), resilience (have constantly been ranked as a high performer in this area), committed to consulting Q: Why should I hire you? A: Drive (always high performer at KPMG), always tend to question the status quo (and understand the reasons why there are outliers/ exceptions) (NLB, IAL countless interviews). End with: I am committed to staying in consulting, and have already developed the core-set of skills to a certain degree, and would like to be part of the BCG to take my consulting skills to the next level. KNOW YOUR RESUME INSIDE OUT!

CURIOUSITY examples Q: Give me an example of a time when you solved a complex program using your intuition (saw something that others didnt see)? MOH - suggested 3 categories (permanent general, permanent specific, temporary) Can you draw insight from ambiguity? CSC operational policy of rooms being only confirmed 3 days in advance Do you wonder why one competitor in a "mature" industry thrives while others fail? Apple, Facebook Do you see patterns in the challenges faced by businesses that you have observed, worked in, or launched? Power factor (personality clashes), people generally know the issues, inability to question status quo

LEADERSHIP examples Q: How have you made an impact on a team? MFSS Q: Can you convert the energy of disagreement into a productive solution? Can you demonstrate the results of a direction or cause that you have championed? MFSS Q: Can you persuade with facts and with empathy? Alumni Mentorship Program Q: Tell me of a time you showed leadership skills? R: Mentoring program launched (oversubscribed 8x), huge success Do you have huge ambitions about what you and a team of committed people can do to positively change an organization? MFSS Q: Tell me of a time you persuaded or influenced a group? IAL BPMN Q: What are the challenges you faced as a leader? MFSS - negotiation TEAMWORK examples Q: Tell me of a time when you were a team player? NLB Yee Xian (called me up at 3 AM)

CONFLICT RESOLUTION examples Q: Tell me about a recent crisis you handled? Asking for more resources (Lalita)

RESILIENCE examples Q: Have you ever failed at anything? Ventured out to try pro-bono consulting myself

ENTREPRENURIAL examples Q: Tell me about a time when you started something? STAR: MFSS

Questions for Interviewer Q: How has your experience been at BCG so far? Q: What made you decide to choose BCG? Q: What kind of projects has the Singapore office been doing lately? Q: Do you have a fast-track for top performers?

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