Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bain & Company as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate Consultant Intern and Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Consultant Intern and Consultant roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Bain & Company takes an average of 4 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Associate Consultant Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Associate Consultant Intern roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 4 days).
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?
Got rejected after the final round interview - quite unexpected as many unusual case interview with partners. One is about a partner's friend local business and asked to draw a graph. Another one is quite short that is relatively more standard but only have a calculation and a brainstorming question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
R1 - Behavioural focus on 4 backward and 4 forward looking question; 1 market sizing and 1 classic case interview - many graphs
R2 - 1 written case, 2 case interviews with partners
2 round avec une partie case de 45 min et une partie fit de 45 min chacun des rounds.
Premier entretien avec un consultant senior, deuxième avec un partner.
Round 1 fit c’est du behavioral et round 2 fit c’est plus de motivation.