Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.6 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 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 839 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 839 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 46%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Phone interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Washington, DC) in Jan 2016
Interview
After submitting a revenue and cover letter, applicants selected for an initial case interview, which consisted of 2 30-minute cases administered by post-MBA consultants. Initial case interviews structured similarly to those offered by other management consulting firms. If selected to continue beyond that point, final round interviews take the form of 2 45-minute interviews with Bain Partners, consisting of 30 minute case interviews and 15 minute behavioral interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the total amount of money spend annually in the United States on rental car GPS systems?
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