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).
-The main part was a market size case interview plus additional questions -There were personal questions to assess fit -There was also a discussion about your future aspirations and plans after you graduate
I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Boston, MA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Straightforward, people were kind. No crazy curveballs. I had two rounds of interviews with different employees in the same position. I thought it was not a hard interview process but somewhat slow to hear back from.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Houston, TX) in Aug 2021
Interview
Standard interview process with 2 rounds of cases, each round with 2 cases each. Cases were rushed, and had very little time to have more behavioral conversations. Interviewers were friendly, but rushed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard case interview regarding business difficulty and my recommendation