Bain & Company interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 38%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 4%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
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Bain & Company interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bain & Company as 71.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.53 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for IS Manager and Experienced Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Marketing Manager and Associate Technical Professional - Frac/Acid roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Bain & Company takes an average of 26 days when considering 2,264 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Knowledge Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Partner roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company according to 2,264 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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