Yes, any active student can form part of a team (3-4 people) and participate. Active and former employees and interns cannot participate. Students who will be interns in the Summer, but have not yet done work for P&G, may also 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 (expiration date after December 2020) if they wish to be considered for both the Regional and Global Final.

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

The second-round teams will be chosen based on the score they achieve in the online case stage. Teams will be contacted on January 13, 2020 about their results of the online case. Teams who qualify for the second round will compete in the video challenge. On February 14, 2020, the finalist teams will be announced. Those teams will advance on to the Regional Final in Cincinnati, OH. (travel and lodging will be covered by P&G). The winning team from the Regional Final will travel to Mexico City for the Global Final on June 1, 2020.

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) wish 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 Mexico 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 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 April 1st in the afternoon.

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

The team who wins the Global Final in Mexico City will have the privilege to join the P&G Signal Conference 2020 in Cincinnati and meet our CEO, David Taylor.

Teams may not use a coach’s help for with 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 with outside sources, 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 portion 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.