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).
I had an expiring offer from another consulting firm and the hiring people at Bain did their best to accelerate the process so that we could wrap it up before my other offer expired, which was highly appreciated
Interview questions [1]
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Standard behavioral questions, such as why consulting, etc
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Ciudad de Mexico) in Mar 2023
Interview
Two interviews, one in english, one in spanish. Two rounds of two interviews each. All interviews involves a case. One was a market sizing case, one was a profitability case.
Interview questions [1]
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Questions about: Why Bain? Why consulting? Market size case Profitability case
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bain & Company (New York, NY) in Aug 2022
Interview
Positive experience overall. Took a while to hear back about interview after submitted app. In final round, interviewers were more nit-picky and Interview was more informal. Final round Interviews were with senior manager and partner.
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Question 1
Behavioral questions were less typical. More conversational.