Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 83.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 23 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 23%
Personality test: 11%
Phone interview: 9%
Other: 9%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Interview
First round consisted of two cases, both pretty standard and relatively quant heavy. The next day, I received the news that I would move on to the final round. The final round consisted of two cases, but a lot more about fit this time around. Plus, the cases were a lot more focused on logic and creativity than the first one. Found out same night about my offer.
Overall, the people at Bain are what made it such an enjoyable process. Everyone I interacted with was so kind, caring, and motivated which made me want the job even more.
2 rounds of interviews, each round consisting of 3 interviews with cases. In the first round 2 case interviews and 1 with HR. In the 2nd round you have 3 interviews with more senior profiles like managers and partners.
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?