I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company in May 2012
Interview
2 days of 2 interviews with partners. Typical consulting interviews:
Start by describing your CV and career so far
Next were the business cases, 1 in each interview
Ended with open to questions about the company/role/work...
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.