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).
2 back-to-back 30-minute case interviews with associate consultants with a few behavioral questions. Overall, the case questions were straightforward with some market sizing and typical case questions. Behavioral questions were the typical vanilla questions of why this firm and why consulting.
Resume screening - 3 rounds of interviews. Each interview includes a fit check and case. The fit check is rather like ice breaking but case interview is heavy. No question bank but made up based on interviewer's own experiences.
First round was technical screening (asked about experience and some simple data analysis questions). Second round was behavioral with one SQL question at the end. Third (and final round) was interview with director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to filter for dates using regex (first round).