I applied through university. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Nov 2016
Interview
The interview process was quite straight forward. The recruiting team is incredibly kind and helpful, and willing to work with candidates before their interview with help scheduling, etc. I was studying abroad, so the first round was by phone and the second round was by skype. All 4 interviews were very focused on the case and while I definitely chatted with the interviewers about their experiences at Bain, the only "fit" question I got asked was "Why Bain?"
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.