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 process was well structured and spread over 12 days. it was campus placement which began with resume and cover letter shortlisting.(22 selected out of 190) .next there was a written round non-eliminative,1 round of guesstimates (6 out of 22) and finally a case interview(2 out of 6).
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Why do u want to join bain inspite of a good technical background?
Got a phone interview for part time analyst in Bain Shanghai office. The phone interview consists of two parts, first a typical case took about 20 minutes to solve, and then why consulting, why Bain, what do you expect to learn from this experience.
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It was a typical case, asking about what to do when a beer company wants to enter the local market.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Interview
Applied to an overseas office. I was interviewing at the SF office and it was a pleasant experience. All in all, I did 2 x 30 minute case interviews with two consultants. Both interviews started off with one or two quick questions about my background and interests and we then proceeded to the case.
Both consultants were very down-to-earth and enthusiastic and were more than willing to help me out when I stumbled.
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Question 1
They were standard consulting cases but had tricky business situations. Make sure to understand break-even calculations, basic supply-demand in addition to general business frameworks.