Associate Consultant Intern 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 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant Intern roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 157 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 Intern according to 157 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 46%
Skills test: 16%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
2 rounds of interviews. 1st round is two 30 minute case interviews, final round is two 45 minute case interviews. I interviewed for the 1st round but didn't make it to final round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Had quite a lot of market sizing. Market sizing question about how many Instagram users there are in the United States.
There was a resume and online assessment. I was then invited to Round One which consisted of two cases. Round Two followed about a week later and also had 2 cases. Round One and Round Two were both virtual rounds.
2 rounds of interviews primarily focused on case, with some behavioral questions second round. Each interview consists of two interviewers who will interview separately with different cases. Interviews last 30-45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a offer from Bain, BCG, and McKinsey tomorrow, which would you pick and why?
two rounds of case interviews, candidate-led, tackling a real client problem through a structured, hypothesis-driven framework. need to balance analytical rigor with a collaborative, team-oriented approach, focusing on delivering clear, actionable, and insightful recommendations