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 applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Jan 2014
Interview
I applied online through my university's career center. Bain then came to do on campus interviews.
A spot opened up and I was asked to interview an hour before the slot time. Thus, I did not have any prep time. The interview had two case studies, which I did not practice for. They're website has two examples and the ones in the interview were very similar. If I had more time to practice, I would have been better off.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All questions were pretty standard. If you can go through a typical business case study, you should be fine.
3 rounds: 1 pre screening; 1x2 round 1 interviews; 1x3 round 2 interviews
Pre screening: personal fit questions
Round 1: 2 interviews with each a personal fit part and a case part with principal and consultant
Round 2: 3 interviews (same as above) with a principal and 2 partners
All interviews are on a one-to-one basis
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On distribution channels and customer lifetime value
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Chicago, IL) in Sep 2010
Interview
Was contacted by senior manager from an European office, encouraging me to apply. Did first round in Chicago, with two managers, and then second round in Boston, with two partners, one of them from the office I was applying to, in Europe. After I passed the first round, one of the managers who had interviewed me called me, giving me some tips for the second round. After I got the offer, this manager was in town for business and called to take me out for dinner... The whole process was very smooth and everyone was very pleasant.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical case interviews... I messed up an estimate (average income brackets in latam country...) in one of my first interviews, but did well enough in the rest of the case for that not to be a deal-breaker.