I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Boston, MA) in Dec 2012
Interview
In Boston office, I had 3 interviews. The first one was with a manager in tokyo office and the second one with manager in Boston office. After waiting at a waiting room, I was invited to the last interview with Tokyo office head.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your client is a beer company. You need to grow its sales. What should we review?
Ghosted by HR for Malaysia office after interviewing 3 rounds. Interviewed by associate, senior associate and partner. Typical consulting case questions. Not too difficult and employees were relatively personable. Would've appreciated better communication from the HR team instead of simple ghosting. do better
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.