I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Feb 2018
Interview
Typical MBB interviews.
-1st phase: Test (30 math problems, paper based)
- 2nd and 3rd phase: Fit part + Business Case + Questions. Different cases, some of them harder than the others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Why Bain? Why Consulting? What do you do in your free time?
-Cases: 2 of them were very quantitative, 2 very qualitative.
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.