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%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Other: 6%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (London, England) in Oct 2018
Interview
I applied online and got sent an online test to complete.
After that, the first round was a set of 3 1-hour interviews, 2 of them being case interviews (one business analysis and one market sizing style case interview) alongside a behavioural and fit interview.
Got called up for the final round in the London offices which consisted of three partner interviews, one of which was a written case.
All of the people there were very interesting and pleasant to talk to, they all had a great insight into their respective industries.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard case interview questions (market sizing, business cases, etc)
Interviewers were really nice, but the process was difficult. Standard level cases and they expected you to take them through multiple business problems. If you practice casing frequently with multiple partners, you should be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please walk me through how you would approach this case.
2 cases for R1. Pretty straightforward cases about revenue optimization opportunities. There was a little bit of market sizing but all data needed was given. No behaviorals asked in round 1 for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What office did you choose and why? Do you have competing offers?
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