I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Dec 2011
Interview
Applied online and got a phone call within a week. They scheduled an one hour written test that resembled the GMAT (8 questions on data sufficiency, 8 on critical reasoning and 4 on problem solving). After that I got another test, business related. That one was way harder and I did not had time to finish it properly. After passing both, I got scheduled for a two 1:1 interview. One was a case on profit decline, the other an estimation question.
I applied online and got a online assessment after ~1 week. I completed the online test but I haven't heard back since then. The timeline is a bit uncertain to me.
First round case interviews. Got standard questions about profitability and market entry. IMO the most difficult part was reading complex charts and distilling the key insights with time pressure. There was little behavioral.
The interview was overall efficiently run and very professional. It had 2 stages; a case interview typical of management consuting interviews and a fit interview to assess cultural fit with the firm.
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