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 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 186 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 186 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 6%
Phone interview: 5%
Group panel interview: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (New York, NY) in Oct 2018
Interview
2 weeks, recruited through college, apply with cover letter and resume for first round; first round is on-campus two back-to-back 30 min cases; second round is in their office in NYC again two back-to-back 45 minutes (with a bit more behavioral)--got waitlisted after final round
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Question 1
Final round: Market size and strategize for an eyeglass company who wants to enter the contacts lense market.
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.