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).
There were 2 rounds of interviews with 2 cases in each round. 2nd round cases are more difficult than the first and have more behavioral baked in. Little to no behavioral in first round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please tell me about yourself. What would your recommendation to the CEO be?
Received a first round. Then heard about second round about a week later. Both were similar in structure and heard about a week after the second interview about offer decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two cases. On par with what is available online. Very interviewee led.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Dec 2022
Interview
The process had multiple rounds. The guidelines for the process were clear. They started with a case study round followed by a business management round and ended with an HR round. They gave feedback at every stage of the interview process even to those who did not get selected which was very useful. P.S. all shortlisted applicants got an all the best for the interviews gift from them which was great!