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).
While some questions were behavioral the interviewer asked about how I worked to resolve what seemed to be insurmountable problems between department heads, or problems that spanned geography, culture and time zones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What constructive feedback would your managers give you?
Two consulting cases and behavioral interview. Straightforward but interviewers were tough and led me astray despite clarifying questions. It was actually kind of frustrating because I probably could’ve done better if they didn’t mislead me.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Madrid) in Feb 2025
Interview
You apply with your CV and motivational letter and then if you pass you are asked to do a 75-min game test.
The game test is not hard but it is definitely more challenging than the mckinsey one.
Then if you move you are invited to do 2 interviews (one fit one case) - 1h each
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Why bain and why madrid?
- Present yourself
- Tell me about a time where you had to disagree with something
- Experience that you are proud of
- 3 weaknesses
Case: it was a profitability case but LOTS of calculations