I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Brussels) in Nov 2018
Interview
Conclusion : entreprise ridicule interdisant formellement les candidats à réfléchir et à structurer pendant l'entretien.
L'interviewer avait une réunion après l'entretien et ne cessait de le répéter pendant l'entretien (minimum 5 fois). Il a notamment interdit toute réflexion et structuration de l'étude de cas pour "gagner son temps".
Du coup j'ai été très déstabilisé pendant l'étude de cas, car tout simplement je n'ai jamais appris à le résoudre sans structure ou être synthétique.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I ordered you to not synthesize during your presentation, why the damn did you still want to be synthetic?!
It was fine. The partner round interviews were less structured and much more difficult. Majority of my interviewers were really nice which made the process better than what I had anticipated.
2 rounds of interviews, each round consisting of 3 interviews with cases. In the first round 2 case interviews and 1 with HR. In the 2nd round you have 3 interviews with more senior profiles like managers and partners.
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.