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 took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Feb 2012
Interview
First off, the people were great. Friendly, smart people.
The first round interview was fairly casual and almost entirely focused on the two cases (with a bit of chit-chat for each interviewer, but no real resume questions). I messed up on a bit of math in my second case, but still got passed onto the second round. The interviewers for this part were consultants.
For the second round, I was flown to the office I was actually applying to, and the flight booking & everything was really easy, so that was nice (and they reimburse you for everything). In the second round, there were two case interviews and then a third interview focused entirely on resume & my skills/experiences. The interviewers here were managers & partners, so a bit more intense but still very friendly.
Overall, great experience. Bummer I didn't get the internship, but I had a lot of fun regardless and will be applying again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About analyzing why a business's profits are falling.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bain & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2012
Interview
First round interviews took place on campus and consisted of two 1:1 interviews which included behavioral questions and a case. Interviewers are very pleasant and collaborative. Second round interviews were at the company's office downtown. Three 1:1 interviews. One traditional case with a partner, one behavioral interview, and one written case. For the written case, you are given one hour to read the case and prepare a slide deck. You then present your slide deck to a partner and work through the case with him/her. It was far more collaborate than I expected. The case focuses on interpreting pertinent information from a slide deck full of information. It is not a quantitative triangle like at firms such as Monitor or second round AT Kearney, but still challenging. All around great people and great experience.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company (New York, NY) in Feb 2012
Interview
Office in New York in incredible (overlooking Times Square).
Had two 30 minute cases.
Thought I did well, but was told I couldn't continue with the process and to reapply for the real position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was given a non-conventional break-even situation.
I began to approach it as one usually would (setting revenues equal to costs), but realized that this was a cost-cost breakeven. I figured it out quickly but that may have been what broke me.
