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:
One on one interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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Completed 2x first round interviews (2x 30 min. case interviews), and 3x second round interviews (2x 45 min. case interviews and 1x 45 min behavioural interviews). Cases were more discussion based and less quantitative in the second round. Behavioural interview asked me about my resume, my 5-year plan, and where else I was interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We are considering acquiring company X, should we and for what amount?
2 rounds, 1st round 2 small cases, not very difficult , market entry cases.
2nd long case with a deck to read and prepare answers..45 mins to read, 15 mins to answer
Three rounds of interviews, generally 2 rounds in person or remote with live consultants. Each round involves a 2-3 case interviews each, which generally also include a set of behavioural questions.
Drei Interviewrunden, je ein Interviewer: zwei englischsprachige Case Studies (Interviewer-geführt, strukturiert) sowie Personal Fit mit situativen Fragen ohne CV-Bezug - keine Angaben zu Praktika oder Uni gefragt. Stattdessen Reaktionsfragen à la „Wie würdest du in Situation XYZ reagieren?". Mit solider Vorbereitung nichts Unerwartetes. Alle Interviewer sehr freundlich und aufgeschlossen — angenehme, entspannte Atmosphäre throughout.