I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bain & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2012
Interview
First round interviews took place on campus and consisted of two 1:1 interviews which included behavioral questions and a case. Interviewers are very pleasant and collaborative. Second round interviews were at the company's office downtown. Three 1:1 interviews. One traditional case with a partner, one behavioral interview, and one written case. For the written case, you are given one hour to read the case and prepare a slide deck. You then present your slide deck to a partner and work through the case with him/her. It was far more collaborate than I expected. The case focuses on interpreting pertinent information from a slide deck full of information. It is not a quantitative triangle like at firms such as Monitor or second round AT Kearney, but still challenging. All around great people and great experience.
Really smooth and clear. Was supported at every stage and felt like I could clearly demonstrate my skills. Found the casing harder than expected but behaviorals were genuinely interesting to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine you are working on an M&A case and you meet a friend for dinner who works for that company and has just been fired. He reports huge issues that are non-public material information. What would you do?
I applied through college or university. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Mar 2026
Interview
Very Professional and Structured. Unique way of process with the behavioural and written case on top of the standard case. 2 round, total 5 interviews.
All the interviewers are really nice, genuinely want you to succeed.
MBA on-campus recruiting cycle. One super day of two cases and one behavioral. All done by partners. Countless coffee chats before actual interview day. Interview was in-person, but not at local office for which we were interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever had a colleague who didn't work out and how did you handle it?