Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Presentation: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2018
Interview
My interview process was very smooth and straightforward. Two rounds -- the first round had 2 30-minute cases, and the final round had 3 45-minute cases/behavioral Q sessions. In addition to the interviews themselves, Bain hosted 2 case workshops before each round at their SF office. As for the interview content, I thought the cases were very fair with an emphasis on quantitative profitability questions. The interviewers were incredibly kind, and I made a point to smile a lot/crack jokes/come off personable (a big factor in who gets final offers). My biggest advice is to keep a positive composure and always drive the case forward even if it seems interviewer led.
2 rounds, 1st round 2 small cases, not very difficult , market entry cases.
2nd long case with a deck to read and prepare answers..45 mins to read, 15 mins to answer
Three rounds of interviews, generally 2 rounds in person or remote with live consultants. Each round involves a 2-3 case interviews each, which generally also include a set of behavioural questions.
Drei Interviewrunden, je ein Interviewer: zwei englischsprachige Case Studies (Interviewer-geführt, strukturiert) sowie Personal Fit mit situativen Fragen ohne CV-Bezug - keine Angaben zu Praktika oder Uni gefragt. Stattdessen Reaktionsfragen à la „Wie würdest du in Situation XYZ reagieren?". Mit solider Vorbereitung nichts Unerwartetes. Alle Interviewer sehr freundlich und aufgeschlossen — angenehme, entspannte Atmosphäre throughout.