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 71.6% 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 839 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 839 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%
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The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Interview
Consecutive case interviews, incl. opportunity to ask questions about Bain & Consulting. Each interview consists of 2 cases; You also have a behavioral interview with another interviewer separately to check your motivation & fit with the company
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.
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.
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.