I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company in May 2011
Interview
Three rounds of business cases/ strategy cases. Typical examples can be found on case study guides published by most of the well known MBA colleges. In India, I think IIM A/B/C also publish their own case study guide through their internal consulting clubs. Most of the selection is dependent on how you crack the question. Then a small component of HR oriented questions are also involved such as why consulting, why Bain etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How should a pharma company decide whether to enter India or not.
Ghosted by HR for Malaysia office after interviewing 3 rounds. Interviewed by associate, senior associate and partner. Typical consulting case questions. Not too difficult and employees were relatively personable. Would've appreciated better communication from the HR team instead of simple ghosting. do better
I applied online and got a online assessment after ~1 week. I completed the online test but I haven't heard back since then. The timeline is a bit uncertain to me.
First round case interviews. Got standard questions about profitability and market entry. IMO the most difficult part was reading complex charts and distilling the key insights with time pressure. There was little behavioral.