Pick your favorite past project and walk through your role, decisions and results
Company: Boston Consulting Group
Role: Product Manager
Category: Behavioral & Leadership
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Other
The interviewer asks you to name the project you have enjoyed working on most in your career so far, and to talk them through it.
```hint Your choice says something
The project you call your favorite tells the interviewer what energizes you. Choose one where the reason it is your favorite also matters for the product role you are interviewing for, and where you can show your own decisions rather than only the team's.
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### Clarifying Questions
- Should the project come from paid work only, or can it be a side project, academic or volunteer work?
- Would you like a short overview first so you can choose where to dig in, or a full walkthrough?
- Does it need to be a product project, or does any project work as long as I explain my role clearly?
### What a Strong Answer Covers
- A clear reason the project is the candidate's favorite, connected to what they would do in a product role at BCG.
- Enough context to follow: the problem, the users or client, the stakes, and the candidate's role.
- The candidate's key decisions and trade-offs, with the reasoning behind them.
- Outcomes measured against a goal, and what the candidate learned.
- A concise delivery that leaves the interviewer room to probe.
### Follow-up Questions
- If you ran that project again today, what would you do differently?
- What was the hardest disagreement on the project, and how was it resolved?
- How would the project have changed if you had delivered it for a client as an outside team rather than for your own employer?
Overview: A behavioral product manager question from a Boston Consulting Group interview asking which project the candidate has enjoyed most and why. It tests what motivates the candidate, how clearly they explain their own role and decisions, and whether they can show measurable results and lessons.