I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2014
Interview
Two rounds of case interviews. Just like what you practice in the case interview prep books. But Bain has recently incorporated a written plus presentation case interview (the writing part is making quick slides by hand after reading a large amount of data for an hour). The entire interview process was intellectually intense, you really need to practice more than you expect to succeed. The people were very nice to speak to and I actually found the interviews enjoyable and fun.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question about why a smoothie chain client's product introduction was failing.
Ghosted by HR for Malaysia office after interviewing 3 rounds. Interviewed by associate, senior associate and partner. Typical consulting case questions. Not too difficult and employees were relatively personable. Would've appreciated better communication from the HR team instead of simple ghosting. do better
I applied online and got a online assessment after ~1 week. I completed the online test but I haven't heard back since then. The timeline is a bit uncertain to me.
First round case interviews. Got standard questions about profitability and market entry. IMO the most difficult part was reading complex charts and distilling the key insights with time pressure. There was little behavioral.