BCG Quantitative Reasoning Test

Question

Hello,

I have been invited to take the BCG Quantitative Reasoning Test, not the potential test.

According to the email, I will be having 20 questions and 40 mins. (No multiple choice)

I would really appreciate it if somebody can share their experience who has taken the test recently or maybe last year.

What would be the difficulty level and how do I prepare for it. Any strategy that I need to apply?

Answer 1

Hello!

Most of the online tests are very similar, and test the same skillset. It´s a good thing, since you can prep for them with a very unified approach. Although this may not seem so at first sight since the formats may differ, what is important here -as well as when solving cases- is the core skillset they are tryng to test. This is common, and the most important skills are:

80-20 analysis: capacity to analize, interpret and extract conclusions quickly and in a agile way from a ton of data -of which not all is useful-

Analytic and critical thinking: many ways tested with graphs, charts and tables, that you need to understand and derive decisions or insights from

Mathematical skills: are always somehow present, for which you need to be fast int he basics

The way to get better is practicing as much as possible with similar exercises -those targeted at the same skillset-. Hence, I would strongly recomment you practice it with the Integrated Reasoning part of the GMAT exam.

There are free exams in the internet that you can use for practice (the one of LBS MBA page, Verits prep, as well as some free trials for courses such as the one of The Economist (https://gmat.economist.com/)

Furthermore, you can leverage the MBB tests (https://www.myconsultingoffer.org/case-study-interview-prep/bcg-online/, https://www.psychometricinstitute.co.uk/Free-Aptitude-Tests.asp, and many others)

Hope it helps!

Best,

Clara

Answer 2

Hi there,

For the Quantitative reasoning test, I highly recommend you leverage materials from the GMAT, GRE, and online tests. Yes, it's not the same as the potential test, but it's important to be able to read/interpret charts, tables, data, etc.

Best of luck!

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