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Updated Dec 5, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Dec 5, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Kiev (Ukraine) (took a day)
Applied online in may. In june my CV passed screening. In July invited invited to the interview.
Two 1:1 interviews. 1st case about distribution strategy for FMCG manufacturer. 2nd case - very easy - to find out profit decreasing reasons.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 21, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
The interviewers tried to make me as relaxed as possible. While waiting in the lounge, they provided water and mints. During the interview, the interviewers led you along. If you ever got too off, they would correct you. Note: If they give you additional information, it's probably relevant.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Boston, MA (took 1+ week)
There were two rounds that consisted of interviews with individual interviewers. In each round there were 2 cases with different consultants - there was a behavioral interview and a case, followed by questions. The format was the same for the final rounds which also consisted of 2 interviews, but with more senior managers.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 6, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Applied to college recruiting. Got first round interview. It consists of 2 45-minutes case interview. The first case is a bit shorter and I spent the first 10 minutes answering behavioral questions. The 2nd case took the entire 45 minutes. There were some numbers to calculate and market size estimation questions. Mostly it's interviewer led.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 days)
I applied online by submitting a standard resume and cover letter. Bain & Co. then came to my school to interview the top applicants. The first round interview consisted of two thirty minute interviews, each of which consisted primarily of a case study discussion (about 20 minutes) with some limited introductions (about five minutes) and closing questions (about five minutes). The case studies weren't overly difficult, but communication and articulation were key. The interviewers were generally nice but sometimes testing (as they should be; however, this sometimes led to seeming unhelpful if you felt you needed more information to properly address the study). There was a second round of call-back interviews the following day.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 6, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
Pre-interview reception the night before gave a good opportunity to meet interviewers before early morning interviews. Interview was standard 1:1 case interviews with a very short time up front for fit. Both cases involved some market sizing (in my case for non-US markets which was a bit difficult). Some time at the end for questions but mostly just cases.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Sep 28, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
After a referral, I was invited for 2-stage interview in the first round. 1st stage was a simple market sizing as well as discussing CV. 2nd stage was a case study that was simplistic enough but still required thought and structure.
For the final round, there are 3 stages. First stage was a case study but a lot tougher (should have been more structured) as well as the second stage. I had the exception of having a market sizing in my second stage. Final stage is a written-case study where you are given a lot of materials (slides, graphs, clippings) with 35 minutes to review and fill in a set of blank slides that are provided. You are then to talk it through a consultant who will listen to what you have to say.
I failed to be "more" structured and not creative enough and as a result, not offered a position. Amazing experience and it was my first - which was a shame because I know with more practise, it gets easier.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Aug 9, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 5 days)
I initially learned about the company through a job posting on my college's career services website. I went to a pre-interview meeting for all first round interviewees and met with several Associate Consultants and two Consultants. The first round interview process consisted of two case interviews given by consultants in my school's career services building. One of the cases followed the standard case interview format while the second interview involved analysis of bar graphs and tables. The final round interview was given by managers and involved two cases with a few behavioral questions from one of the interviewers..
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Jul 10, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Moscow (Russia) (took 4+ weeks)
The first-round interview was held in Boston with one manager from a US office and a consultant from the Moscow office. Both started from a resume walk and had one case each.
The second-round interview was also held in Boston, with one manager from EU, a senior manager from Moscow and a partner from Moscow.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Jun 26, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Boston, MA (took 4+ weeks)
There are two rounds of interviews. If you are offered a second round interview, your odds of getting an offer are quite good. Each round of interviews consists of two back-to-back 30-minute interviews with a senior employee. Each 30 minute segment consists of about 15 minutes of "fit" questions and about 15 minutes of a practice case. The interviewers, like the vast majority of people at the firm, are very pleasant and encouraging.
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There was no real negotiation on the associate consultant level. There is a standard package that you either accept or reject.
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