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      Associate Consultant Interview

      May 29, 2020
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Zürich
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Zürich) in Feb 2020

      Interview

      Die Firma hat aufgrund COVID-19 aktuell einen Einstellungsstopp und wollte es damals nicht öffentlich zugeben, um ihr "cooles" Image aufrechtzuerhalten. Die Interviews wurden so aufgestellt, dass Bewerber rausfliegen: absichtlich Cases mit unmöglichen Rechnungen und Komplexitäten ausgewählt, und Interviewer aus Industriebereichen verwendet, die keineswegs zum eigenen Hintergrund passen. Schade, dass die Firma hier nicht über ihren eigenen Schatten springen konnte - Am Ende war es nur verschwendete Zeit für Interviewer, Interviewee und HR. Mittlerweile konnte sich die Firma überwinden, und führt bis August/September keine Interviews mehr durch.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Die Case-Interviews waren an Schwierigkeitsgrad (Quantitativ, Qualitativ) und Themenauswahl absichtlich so aufgestellt, dass jeder Kandidat nur durchfallen kann. Rechnungen wären selbst mit Taschenrechner unpraktikabel gewesen. Die Firma will aktuell schlichtweg niemanden einstellen, ist sich aber zu schade, das coole Image aufzugeben und zuzugeben, dass sie aufgrund Corona einen Einstellungsstopp verhängt haben. Schade. Das Case-Format war vom Ablauf her zudem nicht der Standardmässige "Bain Case", bei dem ab und zu Slides und Charts gezeigt werden.
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      Other Associate Consultant Interview Reviews for Bain & Company

      Associate Consultant Interview

      Jul 21, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company

      Interview

      Very long process. I heard that they relied heavily on seeing if we were able to use our feedback to improve throughout the rounds however because one of my interviews was running late I was not able to get any feedback to improve.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to work at Bain?
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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Jul 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Doha
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Bain & Company (Doha)

      Interview

      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.

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      Question 1

      What leadership experience do you have?
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      Associate Consultant Interview

      Jul 3, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Brussels
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Bain & Company (Brussels)

      Interview

      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.

      Bain & Company interviews FAQs

      • 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 71.5% 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 840 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 840 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%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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        13. Business Analyst(103) ;
        14. Case Team Leader(103) ;
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