BCG SHL assessment: practice the CCA

Q: Is the BCG SHL assessment the same as the CCA?

Yes. BCG's candidate FAQ says the CCA is designed and administered by SHL, a third-party assessment platform, so an invitation to a BCG SHL assessment is the CCA.

Q: How long is the BCG SHL assessment?

BCG says the CCA takes about 30 to 35 minutes.

Q: Can I use a calculator on the BCG SHL assessment?

Yes. BCG says a calculator is allowed on the CCA, and you can pause between sections.

Q: Can I retake the BCG SHL assessment?

No. BCG says there is no retake for the CCA, so practise the format before you start.

Q: Is this an official SHL or BCG test?

No. These are original practice questions in the same style. They are not SHL's or BCG's questions and do not predict your result.

Question 1

A customer research day starts at 08:30 with three 40-minute retailer interviews followed by two 55-minute distributor interviews. Every interview is followed immediately by 10 minutes of private note capture before the next interview. After the third retailer interview and its notes, the team holds a 30-minute calibration. Lunch is fixed from 12:30 to 13:15, and neither an interview nor its note capture may straddle lunch. At what time does the final distributor interview and its note capture finish?

15:15
14:30
15:25
14:20

Answer

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Answer: C. 15:25

The three retailer blocks take 150 minutes and finish at 11:00; calibration runs to 11:30. A 65-minute distributor block cannot fit before the 12:30 lunch, so both distributor blocks run from 13:15 to 15:25. 15:15 leaves out the final note capture, 14:30 starts a distributor interview before lunch and pushes its notes past it, and 14:20 forgets the calibration.

Question 2

The CEO asks how you will approach the problem before you touch any data. Which structure best fits the case?

Decompose the P&LRevenue quality · Category margins · Operating costs · Prioritize and size recovery levers
Scan the marketCompetitor pricing and share · Customer segments and demand · New-store expansion · Long-term brand strategy
List the problemsSandwiches losing money · High food costs · Rising labor · Too much discounting
Fix costs nowRenegotiate supplier contracts · Cut store labor hours · End all promotions · Raise menu prices

Answer

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Answer: A. Decompose the P&L

The CEO asked why EBITDA nearly halved while revenue grew. Decomposing the P&L into revenue quality, category margins and operating costs diagnoses before it prescribes. The market scan answers a different question, the problem list mixes overlapping symptoms, and cutting costs first picks levers before finding where earnings leaked.

	CCA	Casey
Free start	8 questions in 12 min, 2 with no account	The first 2 questions with no account, the 25-min case with a free account
Full pack	US$49 once: 6 timed mocks	US$69 once: all 10 cases
What it is	Timed reasoning and work-style questions	A business case run by a chatbot
What you do	Answer questions against a clock, with a logic portion	Structure, read exhibits, do the math, record a recommendation
How long	About 30 to 35 minutes	About 35 minutes, then a one-minute video
Going back	Pausing allowed between sections	No going back once you answer

BCG SHL assessment: practice the CCA

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