I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2017
Interview
Two rounds of interviews; I did not do campus interviews so my first round consisted of two phone case interviews back to back 30 minutes each. One interviewer was a consultant and the other a senior associate consultant. The second round I was flown to their office and had two 40 minute interviews with partners. These consisted of a case with the remaining time left for behavioral questions, about 20-30 for case 10-20 for behavioral is how mine ended up.
I applied online early September (shot in the dark, amazing I know - there is hope!) received first round interview at the end of September, interviewed on a Friday, received a second (final) round offer Monday scheduled for a week later (Monday) - was given very short turnaround (told Thursday night I was interviewing Monday morning). Was told the following Monday (one week) of my decision but I know others who received a rejection the Thursday before (3 days after final round).
Overall, really great experience.
Tip:
If you are in the military reserves don't mention it or put it on your resume - I believe they work weekends which would quickly weed you out despite being illegal.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why not (insert career related to major here) - my major is finance so they asked why not investment banking.
2. Are you interviewing anywhere else
A couple of questions based on things on my resume
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?
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