Bain & Company interview questions

Two rounds of interviews; I did not do campus interviews so my first round consisted of two phone case interviews back to back 30 minutes each. One interviewer was a consultant and the other a senior associate consultant. The second round I was flown to their office and had two 40 minute interviews with partners. These consisted of a case with the remaining time left for behavioral questions, about 20-30 for case 10-20 for behavioral is how mine ended up. I applied online early September (shot in the dark, amazing I know - there is hope!) received first round interview at the end of September, interviewed on a Friday, received a second (final) round offer Monday scheduled for a week later (Monday) - was given very short turnaround (told Thursday night I was interviewing Monday morning). Was told the following Monday (one week) of my decision but I know others who received a rejection the Thursday before (3 days after final round). Overall, really great experience. Tip: If you are in the military reserves don't mention it or put it on your resume - I believe they work weekends which would quickly weed you out despite being illegal.

Be ready for two case interviews; little focus on behavioral questions but know why consulting and why Bain. Interviewers are friendly and want to help you but really try to drive the case and get to the point.