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When can I expect to hear back from BCG Final/Decision Round for North America Intern

Hello everyone,

Last Friday I finished my final round of interviews for a Summer 2025 Associate Intern position. For some context, it was 2 back to back interviews - one with a partner and the other with a Managing Director/Partner and head of a global group for BCG. 

For the first interview it was with the partner and I know I killed the behavioral portion but did less than ideal on the case portion. 

Whereas for my second interview with the MD/P I killed it on both and we ended up clicking super well - even as going as far as having philosophical conversations about fulfillment. Towards the end, the MD/P gave a few hints to me doing super well but it's about to be a week since I've heard anything yet. 

I only had an Executive Director view my LinkedIn profile a couple of days ago and yesterday I finally sent an email to my recruiter on a timeline.

Honestly, I've been so antsy these past few days - but in reality, I can't really do anything so I should just stay patient (honestly this post is just for me to cope).

Let me know what you think!

Edit: Got the call today - I got the offer!

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Hagen
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on Jun 20, 2024
#1 recommended coach | >95% success rate | most experience in consulting, interviewing, and coaching

Hi there,

First of all, congratulations on the progress in the application process with BCG thus far!

I would be happy to share my thoughts on your situation:

  • It's completely normal to feel nervous after the interviews, but staying patient is indeed the best course of action. Typically, feedback from final interview rounds can take from a few days up to two weeks.

If you would like a more detailed discussion on your specific situation, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.

Best,

Hagen

Hagen
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on Jun 24, 2024
#1 recommended coach | >95% success rate | most experience in consulting, interviewing, and coaching
PS: Congratulations on the offer, as you have informed me!
Dennis
Coach
on Jun 20, 2024
Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

Hi there,

before offer decisions are communicated, they have to be aligned between HR and the interviewers in the process. This can sometimes take time for various reasons. A few common ones are listed below for a general overview:

  • internal scheduling conflicts between HR and the interviewers, especially when partners need to be involved
  • the firm is still conducting more final round interviews with other candidates and they might want to wait for that to play out to look at the full candidate picture before extending final offers
  • offers have been extended to “first choice” candidates and the firm is trying to keep “backup” candidates on hold until they know who accepted and who declined their first batch of offers
  • holidays or year-end shutdown delay the decision-making and communication process
  • there is uncertainty internally around budget and the exact headcount they can actually hire so they are trying to buy time (not so relevant for internships)

I know that this is unsettling and every candidate wants to have clarity on the status sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, you'll always have to wait for the official word. 

However, it is best to just assume a rejection and continue with the recruiting efforts with other firms until you have a written offer in your hands. That way you at least won't lose time.

Best of luck

on Jun 21, 2024
#1 Coach for Sessions (4.500+) | 1.500+ 5-Star Reviews | Proven Success (➡ interviewoffers.com) | Ex BCG | 10Y+ Coaching

Hi there,

Q: When can I expect to hear back from BCG Final/Decision Round for North America Intern

In most cases, candidates hear back within one week from the final.

There could be several reasons why they are delaying the call even in case of an offer. For example:

  1. Partners got busy and cannot align
  2. HR got busy and did not manage to call

From what you shared, you already followed up with the recruiter, so at this stage I would wait for their reply and I would expect they will let you know soon.

Good luck!

Francesco

Anonymous
on Aug 19, 2024
Hi Francesco, Happy to connect. I am wondering if you could have any suggestions on my situation, thank you so much. I had all my interviews within one week of 9th Aug. The first few interviews went well and I received HR call the same day or next day. The final round was on Friday with partner and in the end he notified me that HR will be in contact with me for following steps. I connected with the partner via linkedin last Tuesday and invitation got accepted and I wrote follow up emails to HR last Wednesday but HR informed me that they haven’t got interview feedbacks yet and would keep me posted. I turned increasingly worrisome since then. Therefore, I wrote an email to partner, thank him and recapped the cases last Thursday but haven’t heard back from both partner and HR yet. I am wondering what should I do next, should I write another email to HR this week and what do you think the chance that I can get the final offer? Thank you so much and greatly appreciated!
Anonymous
on Aug 19, 2024
great, thank you so much!!
on Aug 19, 2024
#1 Coach for Sessions (4.500+) | 1.500+ 5-Star Reviews | Proven Success (➡ interviewoffers.com) | Ex BCG | 10Y+ Coaching
Hi there, given you already sent two follow-ups to two different people, at this stage I would not follow up further. If you don't hear back after a few weeks from the last email, you can call HR to ask if they have any feedback (although most likely they will inform you earlier than that). In terms of how likely it is to get the final offer, we don't know how you performed in the final, so I am afraid it is not possible to comment on that. Good luck!
on Jun 21, 2024
#1 rated MBB & McKinsey Coach

Ah, yes, I know this wait is absolutely the worst. 

I waited for 10 days after my final round. Awful.

But the reality is that they haven't forgotten about you. And there's not much that you can do but wait. 

Sometimes it takes a while to get all the interviewers on a call to decide about you, plus they sometimes also reassess their hiring needs while doing actual recruiting (which is obviously annoying for candidates because you can also be rejected because they all of a sudden decided to stop hiring). 

What I recommend in these situations, if you cannot put your mind to rest, is to at least make progress with other applications to other firms. Worst case scenario, if this application doesn't covert, at least you have other things going for you.

Best,
Cristian

Anonymous
on Aug 19, 2024
Hi Cristian, Happy to connect. I am wondering if you could have any suggestions on my situation, thank you so much. I had all my interviews within one week of 9th Aug. The first few interviews went well and I received HR call the same day or next day. The final round was on Friday with partner and in the end he notified me that HR will be in contact with me for following steps. I connected with the partner via linkedin last Tuesday and invitation got accepted and I wrote follow up emails to HR last Wednesday but HR informed me that they haven’t got interview feedbacks yet and would keep me posted. I turned increasingly worrisome since then. Therefore, I wrote an email to partner, thank him and recapped the cases last Thursday but haven’t heard back from both partner and HR yet. I am wondering what should I do next, should I write another email to HR this week and what do you think the chance that I can get the final offer? Thank you so much and greatly appreciated!
Ashwin
Coach
on Jun 21, 2024
Bain Senior Manager , Deloitte Director| Free 45 mins Strategy Session | 200+ MBB Offers | INSEAD

Expect to hear back within one to two weeks after your final round interviews. You did well by emailing the recruiter. Follow up again in a week if you don't hear back.

 

All the best 

Regards, Ashwin 

Pedro
Coach
on Jun 27, 2024
Bain | EY-Parthenon | Private Equity | Market Estimates | Fit Interview

Usually 1 to 2 weeks. 

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