I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Oct 2015
Interview
Applied by submitting resume through campus recruiting. First-round interviews were held on campus and consisted of 2 case interviews, back to back. Both were pretty standard market entry cases with charts. The final round interview was in the Bain office I applied for. It consisted of 4 interviews back to back -- 3 cases and 1 fit interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would your friends describe you? What would your friends say is your greatest weakness?
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.