How does it work?

Yes, any active student can form part of a team (3-5 people) and participate. Active and former employees and interns cannot participate.

Yes, as the Online Case Study step will be run in English and during the Local Final step your solution must be presented in English as well.

Yes, participants should have valid passport (expire date after August 2018) if they wish to be considered for both the Regional and Global Final.

It will take place at the P&G Global Headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Regional finalists (5 teams) will be chosen based on the score they achieve in the online stage. Teams will be contacted within a week after the online round has closed (February 23rd, 2018). We will reach out to the team leader using the email and/or phone number provided. The winning team of the Regional Final will be notified before they leave if they are going to the Global Final.

Participation in the competition is free for the entire competition. P&G will pay for the travel and accommodations for all team members to both the Regional and Global Final. P&G will not pay for the costs incurred in obtaining a passport, nor for extra days (accommodation or travel) if the team (or team members) with to stay beyond the period defined. International passport and visa obtaining are required as per local laws to participate in both in-person events (Cincinnati and Panama City). Travel and accommodation costs include round-trip travel from the team’s home city and host city as well as accommodations for the duration of the stay in the host city. Accommodations will be provided at a location of P&G’s choosing. Teams (or team members) that wish to stay elsewhere will need to do so at their own expense. For more information, please refer to the Terms & Condition Document. P&G will not offer a financial support for team members that are not able to travel.

If you miss the deadline of submission you will automatically be rejected and you will not be able to continue the competition.

The Regional Challenge case will be sent to participating teams one week (7 days) prior to the start of the competition. Teams will be given the entire week to prepare themselves. Teams are expected to arrive in Cincinnati on March 22nd before the Welcome Reception in the evening. Teams will participate in a Welcome Reception as well as a tour of P&G facilities. This will include a presentation regarding the business outlined in the case. We will then give the teams free time to make final preparations for their presentation. The final presentation and judging will happen on March 23rd in the morning. Teams will travel home that afternoon and evening.

You can check the dates of each stage in the Key dates table above.

The team who wins the Global Final in Panama City will have the privilege to join the P&G Signal Conference 2018 in Cincinnati.

Teams may not use a coach’s help for the competition. We understand that some teams may wish to receive guidance prior to beginning the competition. This is fine, but once the competition has begun for that stage, the team cannot receive guidance or assistance from anyone outside of the team. Prior to the Regional or Global Competitions, teams may receive instruction on how to present or how to perform well in a case competition. But once information for the case has been delivered to the team, they are not allowed to discuss the case, or receive help from any additional person.

We at P&G hold strong to our Purpose, Values, and Principles. Among those values are integrity and trust. We expect all participants to uphold the highest standards of integrity and trustworthiness as they prepare themselves and compete in all portions of the competition. If there is ever any situation where a violation of these values occurs by even a single member of the team, or if a violation of these values seems to have happened, P&G reserves the right to eliminate the entire team from the competition without any question.