BCG: Game over.

Just as I suspected.

One week after the fact, I get an message from my friend Jade alerting me to the fact that BCG is calling. We already know the end result by the fact that we've waiting this long for a callback. If you make it to second round, the notification is received within 24 hours. An hour (and many false alarms) later, I get my call. But I don't get one of the interviewers like Jade. I get the HR lady. Who always seemed rather cold to me to begin with, very unlike the actually consultants.

She tells me that "although you're a strong candidate, unfortunately we cannot bring your application forward to the second round". Nothing earthshattering. But I was told that I would get tips about areas of weakness and strength. There's a few seconds of silence. Hmm...doesn't seem like she's giving up this information voluntarily and I don't know if I'll have another chance like this so I prod her. "Would it be possible for you to provide me with areas where I could improve for the future?"

First off was lack of structure. While I am able to key insights my thought process is a bit more random than they would like. Ok, I knew that one was coming. She continues. Apparently the conclusions that I drew were a bit more narrow than they would have liked. I'm iffy about this. I thought you wanted an answer. I gave one. Ok, moving on. And my quantitative section was mixed. Yeah, that's true. I was much stronger in my math with Jacquie than Rob although the case with Rob went better overall.

But I'm still incredibly confused. Why did I get a call from Julie? Why not Jacquie or Rob? Julie was less apt to say positive things.

Hmm...I need to get to the bottom of this. But I still really want to work for them. But with this new knowledge, I'm going consulting firm hunting.