I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Cape Town) in Apr 2017
Interview
3 stages. Stage 1 was a simple maths test. Stage 2 was an online skype case interview. Stage 3 was two case studies with 2 different partners, as well as a short discussion about your personality.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A case study on how a seller of hunting company clothing could make more money.
3 rounds in one day: 2 cases, 1 behavioral interview. ALL are CV blind. No mentioning of university, or names of employers. You also shouldn't mention what you study, or essentially anything. You get the call in the same day.
il processo si svolge in un giorno e il primo step è l'interview con l'hr che è principalmente attitudinale, poi si ha un colloquio di market sizing e uno riguardante un business case. quest'ultimi entrambi con manager o partner
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Washington, DC) in Sep 2025
Interview
It was good and great. Good interview, kinda hard. It was a case interview, it was 2 cases with two different people. It took me 30 min for each. So one hour in total
Bain & Company interviews FAQs
Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 43 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 Internship according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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