Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 4.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 81.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (London, England)
Interview
Overall process was pretty good, everyone was very welcoming and the interviewers were very friendly. There were 3 interviews running consecutively, each lasting 35-45 mins (interviewer different for each).
First was a behavioural interview, a 1:1 discussion with a Bain manager. There were 8 questions in total, 4 addressing your past experiences and 4 hypothetical questions on what you would do in certain situations working as a consultant at Bain.
Second was a market sizing case, pretty straight forward. Got asked to estimate the annual revenue of an outdoor swimming pool in the UK.
Third was a case study, more interviewer led than I expected. It was about deciding on the best cancer drug to invest in as an American pharmaceutical company. Had to be careful with wording at times as it involved cancer treatment length and the % of patients that die (and therefore stop buying our drug) but not too tricky to solve.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Estimate the annual revenue of an outdoor swimming pool in the UK.
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.
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 cases for R1. Pretty straightforward cases about revenue optimization opportunities. There was a little bit of market sizing but all data needed was given. No behaviorals asked in round 1 for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What office did you choose and why? Do you have competing offers?